Etymology

accommodationist

Today it means: Someone who tries to accommodate an opposition, usually a political one. Full definition →

English accommodation ← French accommodation ← Latin accommodātiōnem
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  7. Proto-Italic*kom
  8. Proto-Italic*kom-
  9. Latincom-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*médos
  12. Proto-Italic*medos
  13. Latinmodus
  14. Latincommodus
  15. Latincommodum
  16. Latincommodō
  17. Latinaccommodō
  18. Latinaccommodātiōnem
  19. Frenchaccommodation
  20. Englishaccommodation
  21. English todayaccommodationist

By surface analysis, accommodation + ist, or, by surface analysis, accommodation(ism) + -ist.

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