Where does “moralist” come from?

moralist (Romanian) comes from French moraliste, from Latin mōrālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

moralist (Romanian): moralist

Definitions

  1. moralist

Ancestry of “moralist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmoralistemoralist
2LatinmōrālisOf or pertaining to manners, morals or ethics; moral
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin mōrālis →
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