Where does “humanitarianist” come from?
humanitarianist (English) comes from English humanitarian, from English humanity, from Middle English humanyte, from Old French humanité, from Latin humanitas, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō.
Ancestry of “humanitarianist”, step by step
humanitarianist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English humanitarian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humanitarian | Concerned with people's welfare, and the... |
| 2 | English | humanity | Mankind; human beings as a group; The human... |
| 3 | Middle English | humanyte | The condition or behaviour of humans; human... |
| 4 | Old French | humanité | humanity; humankind |
| 5 | Latin | humanitas | humanity, human nature; humaneness, humane... |
| 6 | Latin | hūmānus | human (of man, people) |
| 7 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 8 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
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 | — |