Where does “wokerati” come from?
wokerati (English) comes from English woke, from English woken up, from English wake up, from English wake, from Middle English wake, from Old English wacu, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic furdu — passed , crossed.
wokerati (English): Social-justice activists or woke people as a collective
Definitions
- Social-justice activists or woke people as a collective
Ancestry of “wokerati”, step by step
wokerati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English woke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woke | Awake: conscious and not asleep; Alert, aware of... |
| 2 | English | woken up | past participle of wake up |
| 3 | English | wake up | To awake; To awaken somebody; To become more... |
| 4 | English | wake | To stop sleeping; To make somebody stop sleeping;... |
| 5 | Middle English | wake | Alternative form of woke |
| 6 | Old English | wacu | wake, watch |
| 7 | Old English | ford | ford |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | furdu | ford |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | furduz | ford |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pértus | crossing |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English literati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | literati | Well-educated, literary people; intellectuals who... |
| 2 | Latin | literati | nominative masculine plural of literātus;... |
| 3 | Latin | literatus | Alternative form of litterātus |
| 4 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |