Where does “Amazonism” come from?
Amazonism (English) comes from English amazon, from Spanish Amazonas, from Spanish amazona, from Latin amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
Amazonism (English): of society by women; an extreme matriarchal system
Definitions
- of society by women; an extreme matriarchal system
Ancestry of “Amazonism”, step by step
Amazonism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English amazon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amazon | A tall, strong, athletic woman |
| 2 | Spanish | Amazonas | — |
| 3 | Spanish | amazona | horsewoman; amazon |
| 4 | Latin | amazon | an Amazon |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀμαζών | Amazons, a nation of female warriors from western... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |