Where does “mediocritist” come from?
mediocritist (English) comes from English mediocrity, from Middle French médiocrité, from Latin mediocritās, from Latin mediocris, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.
mediocritist (English): A mediocre person
Definitions
- A mediocre person
Ancestry of “mediocritist”, step by step
mediocritist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mediocrity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mediocrity | The quality of being intermediate between two... |
| 2 | Middle French | médiocrité | — |
| 3 | Latin | mediocritās | a middle state |
| 4 | Latin | mediocris | middling, moderate, medium; tolerable, ordinary,... |
| 5 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
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 | — |