English
Maoist
From Mao + -ist.
A compound of Mao + -ist
Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *makomako
Samoan ma'oma'o ‘a bird of the genus Gymnomyza’
Samoan ma'o
English Mao
Today it means
adj of, related to, or advocating Maoism
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Maoist