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Where does “idéaliste” come from?

idéaliste (French) comes from French idéal, from Latin ideālis, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα, from Ancient Greek εἴδω, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

idéaliste (French): idealistic; idealist

Definitions

  1. idealistic; idealist

Ancestry of “idéaliste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchidéalideal
2Latinideālis—
3Latinideaidea; prototype
4Ancient Greekἰδέαform, shape; look, appearance, semblance; type,...
5Ancient Greekεἴδωto see; I see
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “idéaliste”

  • idealistic
  • idealist
  • idealistically
  • unidealistic
  • nonidealist
  • overidealistic
  • neoidealist
  • idealist
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