Where does “expedientist” come from?
expedientist (English) comes from English expedient, from Middle English expedient, from Old French expedient, from Latin expediens, from Latin expedio, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
expedientist (English): A person who favors an expedient approach
Definitions
- A person who favors an expedient approach
Ancestry of “expedientist”, step by step
expedientist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expedient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expedient | Suitable to effect some desired end or the... |
| 2 | Middle English | expedient | — |
| 3 | Old French | expedient | — |
| 4 | Latin | expediens | expediting |
| 5 | Latin | expedio | I free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose... |
| 6 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |