Where does “revolutionist” come from?
Revolutionist derives from English revolution plus the Latin suffix -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής denoting an agent of the verb -ίζω, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wel- meaning to turn or roll.
revolutionist (English): A person who revolts
Ancestry of “revolutionist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | revolution | A political upheaval in a government or nation... |
| 2 | Middle English | revolucion | — |
| 3 | Old French | revolucion | passage; elapsing of time |
| 4 | Late Latin | revolutio | The act of revolving; revolution |
| 5 | Latin | revolvō | — |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |