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Where does “individualist” come from?

Individualist comes from English individual plus the suffix -ista from Latin, tracing back through Latin individuum, individuus, in, and dis- to Proto-Indo-European ne.

individualist (English): Someone who believes in individualism as a...

Definitions

  1. Someone who believes in individualism as a...

Ancestry of “individualist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchindividualiste—
2Frenchindividuelindividual
3Medieval Latinindividualis—
4Latinindīviduum—
5Latinindīviduus—
6Latindīviduus—
7Latindīvidō—
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “individualist”

  • individualistic
  • individualistically
  • unindividualistic
  • anarcho-individualist
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