Where does “groupthinker” come from?

groupthinker (English) comes from English groupthink, from English Group, from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, from Vulgar Latin cruppo, from Renaissance Latin grupus, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

groupthinker (English): One who engages in groupthink

Definitions

  1. One who engages in groupthink

Ancestry of “groupthinker”, step by step

groupthinker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English groupthink

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgroupthinkA process of reasoning or decision-making by a...
2EnglishGroupA number of things or persons being in some relation to one another
3Frenchgroupegroup
4Italiangruppogroup, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton
5Vulgar Latincruppo
6Renaissance Latingrupus
7Proto-Germanickruppaza body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...
8Proto-Indo-Europeangrewb-to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-Every word from Proto-Indo-European grewb-Every word from Proto-Germanic kruppaz
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