Where does “Czechism” come from?
Czechism (English) comes from English Czech, from Polish Czech, from Czech čech, from Old Czech Čech, from Proto-Slavic čelověkъ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷel-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
Czechism (English): A word or idiom of the Czech language (that has been borrowed by another language)
Definitions
- A word or idiom of the Czech language (that has been borrowed by another language)
Ancestry of “Czechism”, step by step
Czechism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Czech
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Czech | Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic,... |
| 2 | Polish | Czech | Czech man; Bohemian man |
| 3 | Czech | čech | — |
| 4 | Old Czech | Čech | Czech person |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | čelověkъ | man, human |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kʷel- | crowd, people |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
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 |