Where does “klassisme” come from?
klassisme (Dutch) comes from Dutch klasse, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс, from Latin classis — to call, cry, summon.
klassisme (Dutch): classism
Definitions
- classism
Ancestry of “klassisme”, step by step
klassisme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch klasse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | klasse | social class; classification; quality, class |
| 2 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 3 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 4 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 5 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 6 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 7 | Russian | класс | class |
| 8 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |
via Dutch isme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | isme | ism |
| 2 | Malay | -isme | ism |
| 3 | Dutch | -isme | -ism |
| 4 | Middle French | -isme | — |
| 5 | Latin | -isma | Alternative form of -ismus; -ism |
| 6 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |