Where does “unsentimentalist” come from?
unsentimentalist (English) comes from English unsentimental, from English sentimental, from English sentiment, from Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
unsentimentalist (English): A person who is not sentimental
Definitions
- A person who is not sentimental
Ancestry of “unsentimentalist”, step by step
unsentimentalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unsentimental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unsentimental | Not sentimental |
| 2 | English | sentimental | Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or... |
| 3 | English | sentiment | A general thought, feeling, or sense; Feelings,... |
| 4 | Old French | sentement | — |
| 5 | Latin | sentimentum | feeling, opinion, sentiment |
| 6 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
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 | — |