English
selectionist
From selection + -ist.
Formed from selection + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’
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Proto-Italic *legō
Latin legō ‘gather’
Latin sēligō ‘choose out’
Latin sēlēctiō ‘the act of choosing out’
English selection
Today it means
adj Relating to selectionism
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / selectionist