Etymology

federalist

F4E1D2E1R1A1L1I1S1T1

Today it means: Advocate of federalism. Full definition →

English federal ← French fédéra ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

federalist · noun, adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰós
  3. Proto-Italic*feiðos
  4. Latinfoedus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Frenchfédéra
  8. Englishfederal
  9. English todayfederalist

From federal + -ist.

Federalist · noun2

From federal + -ist, formed in contrast with earlier anti-federalist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.