Etymology

prerealist

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Today it means: Prior to or characteristic of the views preceding realism (in various senses). Full definition →

English realist ← Middle English real ← Old French ree
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  11. Proto-Italic*reis
  12. Classical Latinrēs
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Late Latinreālis
  16. Old Frenchree
  17. Middle Englishreal
  18. Englishreal
  19. Englishrealist
  20. English todayprerealist

From pre- + realist.

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