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Where does “industrialist” come from?

Industrialist comes from English industrial plus the Latin suffix -ista, derived from Latin industria meaning diligence or hard work, with roots in Latin in- and Proto-Indo-European en-.

industrialist (English): A person involved in the ownership or management...

Definitions

  1. A person involved in the ownership or management...

Ancestry of “industrialist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishindustrialOf or relating to industry, notably...
2Frenchindustrielindustrial; industrialist; industry
3French-ielSuffix used to form adjectives. Compare with...
4French-elTo make an adjectival form of a noun; -al
5Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
6Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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