English
Federalist
From federal + -ist, formed in contrast with earlier anti-federalist.
Formed from federal + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- ‘to trust’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-os
Proto-Italic *feiðos ‘faithful’
Latin foedus ‘treaty’
French fédéral
English federal
Today it means
noun A member of the Federalist Party, an 18th- and 19th-century conservative, liberal US political party which was one of two major parties under the First Party System.
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Etymograph / Federalist