Where does “internalist” come from?
Internalist comes from English internal plus the suffix -ista from Latin, derived from Ancient Greek -ιστής, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European wel- meaning to turn or roll.
internalist (English): Holding that a particular mental phenomenon, such...
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- Holding that a particular mental phenomenon, such...
Ancestry of “internalist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | internal | inside of something; within the body; concerned... |
| 2 | Middle English | internall | — |
| 3 | Latin | internālis | of or pertaining to the inner part of something; internal |
| 4 | Latin | internus | inward, internal; domestic, civil, internal |
| 5 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |