Where does “imperialist” come from?
imperialist (Romanian) comes from French impérialiste, from French impérial, from Latin imperiālis, from Latin imperium, from Latin imperāre, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
imperialist (Romanian): imperialist
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Ancestry of “imperialist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | impérialiste | imperialist |
| 2 | French | impérial | imperial |
| 3 | Latin | imperiālis | of the empire or emperor, imperial |
| 4 | Latin | imperium | The empire, state, imperial government, realm,... |
| 5 | Latin | imperāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 8 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 11 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |