Where does “parkourist” come from?
parkourist (English) comes from English parkour, from French parkour, from French parcours, from Vulgar Latin percursus, from Latin percurrere, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic — that.
parkourist (English): A person who takes part in parkour
Definitions
- A person who takes part in parkour
Ancestry of “parkourist”, step by step
parkourist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parkour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parkour | An athletic discipline, in which practitioners... |
| 2 | French | parkour | Free running, parkour |
| 3 | French | parcours | route, course; career; a traditional roaming or... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | percursus | |
| 5 | Latin | percurrere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 7 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 8 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 9 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 10 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
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 | — |