Where does “voluntarist” come from?
Voluntarist derives from English voluntary, from Latin voluntarius meaning willing, from Latin velle to wish, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-.
voluntarist (English): Someone who endorses voluntarism
Definitions
- Someone who endorses voluntarism
Ancestry of “voluntarist”, step by step
voluntarist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English voluntary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | voluntary | Done, given, or acting of one's own free will;... |
| 2 | Middle English | voluntarie | — |
| 3 | Old French | volontaire | — |
| 4 | Latin | voluntārius | volunteer |
| 5 | Latin | voluntās | will, free will, choice |
| 6 | Latin | velle | present active infinitive of volō; wish, intend;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | welō | to want, will |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₁- | to choose; to want |
via French volontariste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | volontariste | voluntarist |