Etymology

universist

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Today it means: One who exclusively applies personal reason and experience to existential, religious and moral questions, accepts and is inspired by the natural uncertainty of the human state, and denies the validity of revelation, faith and dogma. Full definition →

English universe ← Middle English universe ← Old French univers
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  3. Proto-Italic*oinos
  4. Old Latinoinos
  5. Latinūnus
  6. Latinversus
  7. Latinūniversus
  8. Old Frenchunivers
  9. Middle Englishuniverse
  10. Englishuniverse
  11. English todayuniversist

From universe + -ist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.