Where does “universalistic” come from?
Universalistic derives from English universal and the suffix -ista, ultimately from Latin universalis, combining versus (turned) and -alis, with versus from vertere meaning to turn.
universalistic (English): Of or pertaining to universalism
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to universalism
Ancestry of “universalistic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | universalist | Universal in scope; A proponent of universalism |
| 2 | English | universal | Of or pertaining to the universe; Common to all... |
| 3 | Middle English | universal | all-encompassing, subject to everything and... |
| 4 | Old French | universal | universal |
| 5 | Latin | universalis | universal; general |
| 6 | Latin | ūniversus | — |
| 7 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 8 | Latin | vertō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
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