Where does “supremacist” come from?

Supremacist derives from English supremacy, from Middle French suprême, from Latin supremus meaning "highest," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European uperi and upo.

supremacist (English): A person who advocates the supremacy of one...

Definitions

  1. A person who advocates the supremacy of one...

Ancestry of “supremacist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
2Old French-iste—
3Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
4Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tās—

Words derived from “supremacist”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from English -ist →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →