p 3 r 1 e 1 s 1 e 1 r 1 v 4 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1 i 1 s 1 t 1
15 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas
originEtymology tree English preservation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English preservationist From preservation + -ist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- preservations 18
- reservationist 17
- irresponsive 17
- preservation 17
- inoperative 16
- overpraises 16
- personative 16
- perversions 16
- privateness 16
- repristinates 15
- reservations 15
- restoratives 15