Etymology

moralist

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Today it means: One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship. Full definition →

English moral ← Middle English moral ← Old French mora
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*mōs
  4. Latinmōs
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Latinmōrālis
  8. Old Frenchmora
  9. Middle Englishmoral
  10. Englishmoral
  11. English todaymoralist

From moral + -ist.

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