Etymograph

English

Remonstrant

Remonstrant comes from Dutch remonstrant ‘Remonstrant (Arminian)’, and goes back to Latin remōnstrāns.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEremōnstrāns
  2. Dutchc. 1500–presentremonstrant‘Remonstrant (Arminian)’
  3. EnglishtodayRemonstrant

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEremōnstrāns
  2. Dutchc. 1500–presentremonstrant‘Remonstrant (Arminian)’
  3. EnglishtodayRemonstrant

Every English word from Latin remōnstrāns

Today it means

noun A member of the Dutch Arminians whose divergence from Calvinism was expressed in five articles in the Remonstrance of 1610; subsequently a member of the liberal Protestant denomination that developed from this group.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin remōnstrāns / Remonstrant

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