Where does “alarmista” come from?

alarmista (Tagalog) comes from Spanish alarmista, from Spanish alarma, from Italian allarme, from French alarme, from Italian all'arme, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere — to stand.

alarmista (Tagalog): alarmist; fearmonger

Definitions

  1. alarmist; fearmonger

Ancestry of “alarmista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishalarmistaalarmist
2Spanishalarmaalarm
3Italianallarmealarm; alert
4Frenchalarmealarm
5Italianall'armea command to take up arms and be ready to fight: to arms!
6Latinarmadefensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of...
7Late Latinarmistitium
8Latinsisteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstísteh₂tito be standing up, to be getting up
10Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-
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