Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

confucianist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
con-fu-cian-ist
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A follower of the teachings of Confucius; a Confucian.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)uŋ Mandarin 孔 (kǒng) Mandarin 夫 Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ Mandarin 子 Mandarin 夫子 (fūzǐ) Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ) Latin -ius New Latin Cōnfuciuslbor. English Confucius Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Confucian 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 Confucianist From Confucian + -ist.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

more Confucianist (comparative) most Confucianist (superlative) Confucianists (plural)

Phrases

Synonyms

Questions

What does confucianist mean?
Related to the teachings of Confucius; Confucian.
Where does confucianist come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)uŋ Mandarin 孔 (kǒng) Mandarin 夫 Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ Mandarin 子 Mandarin 夫子 (fūzǐ) Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ) Latin -ius New Latin Cōnfuciuslbor. English Confucius Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Confucian 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 Confucianist From Confucian + -ist.

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