The word was formed by adding the suffix -ist (meaning one who practices or performs) to the noun treason .
: Its root, treason , comes from the Latin traditionem , meaning "a delivering up" or "surrender". This makes it a linguistic "doublet" of the word tradition ; one refers to handing down beliefs, while the other refers to handing over secrets or territory. Zients-Transcript.pdf - House Oversight Committee
: The Oxford English Dictionary notes the first recorded use in 1796 by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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The word was formed by adding the suffix -ist (meaning one who practices or performs) to the noun treason .
: Its root, treason , comes from the Latin traditionem , meaning "a delivering up" or "surrender". This makes it a linguistic "doublet" of the word tradition ; one refers to handing down beliefs, while the other refers to handing over secrets or territory. Zients-Transcript.pdf - House Oversight Committee treasonist
: The Oxford English Dictionary notes the first recorded use in 1796 by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The word was formed by adding the suffix