Where does “occupationalist” come from?

occupationalist (English) comes from English occupational, from English occupation, from Middle English occupacioun, from Middle French occupation, from Latin occupatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

occupationalist (English): One of four categories of sociologist propounded by Horowitz: a sociologist who is primarily committed to some sociological questions or issues

Definitions

  1. One of four categories of sociologist propounded by Horowitz: a sociologist who is primarily committed to some sociological questions or issues

Ancestry of “occupationalist”, step by step

occupationalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English occupational

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoccupationalOf, belonging, or relating to an occupation
2EnglishoccupationAn activity or task with which one occupies...
3Middle Englishoccupacioun
4Middle Frenchoccupation
5Latinoccupatioseizing, occupying; occupation, employment;...
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English ist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishistA practitioner or supporter of an ism
2English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
3Old French-iste
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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