Etymograph

English

probabiliorist

Probabiliorist comes from Latin probabilis ‘probable’, from probō ‘to approve, permit, commend’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*probʰHwósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*proβwosreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*proβos‘favourable’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*proβāō‘to approve’reconstructed
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprobō‘to approve, permit, commend’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprobabilis‘probable’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprobabiliorcomparative of probabilis
  9. Englishtodayprobabiliorist

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*probʰHwósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*proβwosreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*proβos‘favourable’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*proβāō‘to approve’reconstructed
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprobō‘to approve, permit, commend’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprobabilis‘probable’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprobabiliorcomparative of probabilis
  9. Englishtodayprobabiliorist

Formed from -ist

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’

be, been, power, possible, future, present, physical, build, essential, presence, bond, bush, bound, absence, physician, contribution, entity, booth, absent, fiat, favorable, bun, contributor, distribute, favourable, bouquet, imp, retribution, attribution, rebuke, impotent, bower, aren, impossibility, beamer, bosque, phylogeny, physic, phylum, busk, 82 more

through Proto-Italic *proβos ‘favourable’

probe, probity, 8 more

through Proto-Italic *proβāō ‘to approve’

approve, approbation, 12 more

through Latin probō ‘to approve, permit, commend’

improve, prove, proof, probation, probative, 14 more

Today it means

noun One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, the theory of probabiliorism.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- / probabiliorist