Where does “hipsterati” come from?
hipsterati (English) comes from English literati, from Latin literati, from Latin literatus, from Latin lītera, from Old Latin leitera, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
hipsterati (English): People who are considered the elite in the hipster subculture
Definitions
- People who are considered the elite in the hipster subculture
Ancestry of “hipsterati”, step by step
hipsterati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English literati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | literati | Well-educated, literary people; intellectuals who... |
| 2 | Latin | literati | nominative masculine plural of literātus;... |
| 3 | Latin | literatus | Alternative form of litterātus |
| 4 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |
via English hipster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hipster | A person who is keenly interested in the latest... |
| 2 | English | hip | The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and... |
| 3 | Middle English | hipe | hip anatomical region of a human or quadruped |
| 4 | Old English | hype | hip |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hupi | hip |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hupiz | hip, haunch, upper part of the thigh |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱeu̯bh₂- | — |