Etymology

lobbyist

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Today it means: A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result. Full definition →

English lobby ← Medieval Latin laubia ← Frankish *laubijā
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*laubą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*laub
  4. Frankish*laubijā
  5. Medieval Latinlaubia
  6. Englishlobby
  7. English todaylobbyist

From lobby + -ist.

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