Where does “incrementalist” come from?
incrementalist (English) comes from English incremental, from English increment, from Latin incrementum, from Latin incrēscō, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
incrementalist (English): One who follows a policy of incrementalism
Definitions
- One who follows a policy of incrementalism
Ancestry of “incrementalist”, step by step
incrementalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incremental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incremental | Pertaining to an increment; Occurring over a... |
| 2 | English | increment | The action of increasing or becoming greater; The... |
| 3 | Latin | incrementum | growth, development, increase, augmentation;... |
| 4 | Latin | incrēscō | to grow in or upon |
| 5 | Latin | crēscō | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
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 | — |