myEtymology.com: English etymology of abolitionist

Etymology of the English word abolitionist

the English word abolitionist

using the English suffix -ist

derived from the Latin suffix -ista

derived from the Greek suffix -istes

derived from the English word abolition

derived from the Latin word abolitio (cancellation, annulment; withdrawal)

derived from the Latin word abolitus

derived from the Latin word abolere (to destroy; destroy, efface, obliterate)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *al-