Where does “taciturnist” come from?
taciturnist (English) comes from English taciturn, from English taciturnity, from Middle English taciturnite, from Latin taciturnitas, from Latin taciturnus, from Latin Tacitus, from Latin taceo, from Proto-Italic takēō — to be silent.
taciturnist (English): A person who rarely speaks
Definitions
- A person who rarely speaks
Ancestry of “taciturnist”, step by step
taciturnist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English taciturn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | taciturn | Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined... |
| 2 | English | taciturnity | The trait of being taciturn; Failure to assert a... |
| 3 | Middle English | taciturnite | — |
| 4 | Latin | taciturnitas | silence (keeping silent), taciturnity |
| 5 | Latin | taciturnus | untalkative, taciturn, quiet, silent |
| 6 | Latin | Tacitus | A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c.56-117), a historian of ancient Rome and Marcus Claudius Tacitus (c.200-275), a Roman emperor |
| 7 | Latin | taceo | I am silent, say nothing, shut up, hold my... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | takēō | be silent |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tak- | to be silent |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |