Where does “imperativist” come from?
imperativist (English) comes from English imperative, from Latin imperātīvus, from Latin imperō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
imperativist (English): A proponent of imperativism
Definitions
- A proponent of imperativism
Ancestry of “imperativist”, step by step
imperativist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English imperative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | imperative | Essential; crucial; extremely important; Of, or... |
| 2 | Latin | imperātīvus | Of or proceeding from a command, commanded |
| 3 | Latin | imperō | to command, give orders to, impose, demand |
| 4 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | 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 | — |