Where does “literalist” come from?
Literalist comes from English literal, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Latin -alis, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti.
literalist (English): A person who adheres to the literal...
Definitions
- A person who adheres to the literal...
Ancestry of “literalist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | literal | Exactly as stated; read or understood without... |
| 2 | Old French | literal | literal exactly as stated |
| 3 | Latin | litteralis | literary; epistolary |
| 4 | Latin | littera | a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,... |
| 5 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |