Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

historicist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
his-tori-cist
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to historicism

noun

An advocate of historicism

Etymology

Etymology tree English historic 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 historicist From historic + -ist.

Inflected Forms

more historicist (comparative) most historicist (superlative) historicists (plural)

Questions

What does historicist mean?
Of or pertaining to historicism
Where does historicist come from?
Etymology tree English historic 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 historicist From historic + -ist.

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