Where does “realistic” come from?
Realistic is derived from English realist, which combines English real from Latin reālis, meaning pertaining to things, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-.
realistic (English): Expressed or represented as being accurate,...
Definitions
- Expressed or represented as being accurate,...
Ancestry of “realistic”, step by step
realistic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English realist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | realist | An advocate of realism; one who believes that... |
| 2 | English | real | True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent;... |
| 3 | Middle English | real | real, true, factual; concerning possessions;... |
| 4 | Old French | reel | — |
| 5 | Latin | reālis | real |
| 6 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 7 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 8 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 9 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 10 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 11 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 12 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 13 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 14 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “realistic”
- unrealistic
- realistically
- unrealistically
- photorealistic
- nonrealistic
- hyperrealistic
- antirealistic
- neorealistic
- realisticness
- nonphotorealistic
- semirealistic
- ultrarealistic
- pseudorealistic
- unrealisticness
- realisticity
- macrorealistic
- transrealistic
- extrarealistic
- realisti
- biorealistic
- overrealistic
- superrealistic
- semirealistically
- realistinen