Where does “proto-racist” come from?
proto-racist (English) comes from English racist, from English racism, from French racisme, from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio.
proto-racist (English): Characteristic of proto-racism; A person who...
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- Characteristic of proto-racism; A person who...
Ancestry of “proto-racist”, step by step
proto-racist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English racist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | racist | A person who believes in or supports racism; a... |
| 2 | English | racism | Belief that there are distinct human races with... |
| 3 | French | racisme | racism |
| 4 | French | race | race; kind; breed |
| 5 | Middle French | rasse | — |
| 6 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 7 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 8 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 9 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 10 | English | -án | Of or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a |
| 11 | Middle English | -an | — |
via English proto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proto | Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of... |
| 2 | English | proto- | first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρωτο- | first, primary |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |