Where does “immortalist” come from?
immortalist (English) comes from English immortal, from Latin immortālis, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
immortalist (English): One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of...
Definitions
- One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of...
Ancestry of “immortalist”, step by step
immortalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English immortal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | immortal | Not susceptible to death; living forever; never... |
| 2 | Latin | immortālis | immortal, undying, not subject to death |
| 3 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 | — |