Where does “excursionist” come from?

excursionist (Romanian) comes from French excursionniste, from French excursion, from German Exkursion, from English excursion, from Latin excursio, from Latin excurrere, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — resin.

excursionist (Romanian): excursionist

Definitions

  1. excursionist

Ancestry of “excursionist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchexcursionnisteexcursionist; hiker, walker
2Frenchexcursionexcursion; wander
3GermanExkursionexcursion, field trip
4EnglishexcursionA brief recreational trip; a journey out of the...
5Latinexcursiorunning forth; sally, onset, attack
6Latinexcurreresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
8Latincommūnicōto impart, share
9Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
10Old Latincom(m)oinis
11Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt
16Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
17Old High Germankuti
18Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
19Proto-Germanickweduzresin
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwiduEvery word from Old High German kuti
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