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Where does “socialist” come from?

Socialist derives from English social, from Latin -ista, from Latin -ālis, from Latin sequor meaning "to follow," from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-.

socialist (English): Of, promoting, practicing, or characteristic of...

Definitions

  1. Of, promoting, practicing, or characteristic of...

Ancestry of “socialist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsocialBeing extroverted or outgoing; Of or relating to...
2Middle Frenchsocialallied; social
3Latinsociālis—
4Frenchsocialsocial, related to society, community; social,...
5LatinsocialisOf or pertaining to companionship; companionable,...
6Latinsociussharing, joining in, partaking, associated;...
7Ancient Greekπάθοςpain, suffering, death; misfortune, calamity,...
8Ancient Greekπάσχωto undergo, experience; have someone do something...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

Words derived from “socialist”

  • socialistic
  • postsocialist
  • nonsocialist
  • antisocialist
  • socie
  • socialistically
  • ecosocialist
  • prosocialist
  • unsocialist
  • neosocialist
  • unsocialistic
  • antisocialistic
  • unsocialistically
  • pseudo-socialist
  • salonsocialist
  • salonsocialistisch
  • socialist
  • sos
  • सोशलिस्ट
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