Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regionalist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables
re-gion-al-ist
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to regionalism.

noun

An advocate of regionalism.

Etymology

Etymology tree English regional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English regionalist From regional + -ist.

Inflected Forms

more regionalist (comparative) most regionalist (superlative) regionalists (plural)

Questions

What does regionalist mean?
Of or pertaining to regionalism.
Where does regionalist come from?
Etymology tree English regional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English regionalist From regional + -ist.

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