Where does “federalist” come from?

Federalist derives from English federal plus the Latin suffix -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Indo-European -idyé-, -idyéti, and -yéti.

federalist (English): Advocate of federalism; Supporter of the view...

Definitions

  1. Advocate of federalism; Supporter of the view...

Ancestry of “federalist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
2Old French-iste—
3Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
4Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tās—

Words derived from “federalist”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from English -ist →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →