English
bellicist
Bellicist comes from Latin bellicus ‘of or pertaining to war’, and goes back to Old Latin duellum.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEduellum
- Old Latin, derivedc. 700–75 BCEduellicus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellicus‘of or pertaining to war’
- Englishearliest quotation 1912bellicist
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEduellum
- Old Latin, derivedc. 700–75 BCEduellicus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellicus‘of or pertaining to war’
- Englishearliest quotation 1912bellicist
Earliest quotation: 1912, Norman Angell, Peace Theories and the Balkan War: “Or, if you deem that that word connotes non-resistance,…”
Formed from -ist
The story
From Latin bellicus (‘of or pertaining to war; warlike’), + -ist; possibly adapted from the French neologism belliciste (about Bismarck, 1871; in Émile Faguet, 1908).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’
down, town, tool, teen, dynamic, tow, dynasty, dun, dynamo, tine, dynastic, taw, 91 more
through Proto-Italic *dwenos ‘good’
bona, beaucoup, benefice, beauteous, 34 more
through Archaic Latin duenos
ben, bonus, optimal, bonnie, beneficial, optimism, boon, beneficiary, bonny, bene, bonbon, 34 more
through Old Latin *duenelos
beautiful, beauty, boo, beau, rebellion, rebellious, beal, bello, bauble, rebelling, 16 more
through Old Latin duellum
Today it means
noun An adherent of bellicism; one who advocates war.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin duellum / bellicist