Where does “propagandistic” come from?

Propagandistic derives from English propaganda plus the English agent suffix -ist, ultimately from Latin -ista and Proto-Indo-European -idyéti meaning to spread or extend.

propagandistic (English): Having the characteristics of propaganda

Definitions

  1. Having the characteristics of propaganda

Ancestry of “propagandistic”, step by step

propagandistic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian propagandista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpropagandistapropagandist
2Spanishpropagandapropaganda; advertisement
3New Latinpropāganda
4LatinpropagoI propagate; I extend, enlarge, increase; set,...
5Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
6Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via English propaganda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpropagandaA concerted set of messages aimed at influencing...
2Italianpropagandapropaganda; inflection of propagandare: ##...
3Latinprōpāgāre

via Romanian propagandă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpropagandăpropaganda
2Frenchpropagandepropaganda

Words derived from “propagandistic

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