Where does “old guardist” come from?
old guardist (English) comes from English old guard, from English guard, from Middle English garde, from Old French guarde, from Old French guarder, from Frankish wardēn, from Proto-Germanic wardāną, from Proto-Germanic *warduz — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
old guardist (English): A supporter of the old guard; a person of conservative, reactionary views
Definitions
- A supporter of the old guard; a person of conservative, reactionary views
Ancestry of “old guardist”, step by step
old guardist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English old guard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | old guard | A conservative, reactionary faction that is more... |
| 2 | English | guard | A person who, or thing that, protects or watches... |
| 3 | Middle English | garde | guardianship, safeguarding, covering, authority;... |
| 4 | Old French | guarde | protection; act of protecting; guard; inflection... |
| 5 | Old French | guarder | to protect; to guard; to look at |
| 6 | Frankish | wardēn | to protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wardāną | to guard, protect, watch over |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *warduz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
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 | — |