English
fictionalist
From fictional + -ist.
A compound of fiction + -al + fictional
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti ‘to form, shape’
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingō ‘to knead, form’
Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Latin fictiō ‘fashioning, forming, formation’
Old French ficcion
Middle English ficcioun ‘an invention or fabrication’
English fiction
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti ‘to form, shape’
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingō ‘to knead, form’
Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Latin fictiō ‘fashioning, forming, formation’
Old French ficcion
Middle English ficcioun ‘an invention or fabrication’
English fiction
English fictional
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or supporting fictionalism
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fictionalist