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Where does “pluralist” come from?

Pluralist comes from Latin plurālis meaning "of or relating to more," derived from plūs meaning "more," which traces to Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- meaning "to fill."

pluralist (English): A person who holds multiple offices, especially a...

Definitions

  1. A person who holds multiple offices, especially a...

Ancestry of “pluralist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpluralConsisting of or containing more than one of...
2Middle Englishplurelleplural
3Old Frenchplurelplural
4Latinplūrālis—
5Latinplūs—
6Old Latinplous—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—

Words derived from “pluralist”

  • antipluralist
  • ethnopluralist
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is- →