Etymograph

English

sozialist

Sozialist comes from German sozialistisch ‘socialist, socialistic’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentsozialistisch1‘socialist, socialistic’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996sozialist1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sozialist
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1996, Student, Questions about Battletech: “As for germany becoming a sozialist state, there is…”.

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentsozialistischWiktionary, English sozialist‘socialist, socialistic’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996sozialistWiktionary, English sozialist. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1996, Student, Questions about Battletech: “As for germany becoming a sozialist state, there is…”

Every English word from German sozialistisch

Another origin of sozialist

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-‘to follow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sokʷéh₂reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sokʷh₂ṓy‘follower in one's retinue’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sokʷyósreconstructed
  5. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sokjos‘companion’reconstructed
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsokios
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsocius‘associated, allied’
  8. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsociālis‘of or pertaining to companionship’by way of French social
  9. Germanc. 1650–presentsozial‘social’
  10. Germanc. 1650–presentSozialist‘socialist / Socialist’
  11. Englishtodaysozialist

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sozialist”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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