Where does “Dashnakism” come from?
Dashnakism (English) comes from English Dashnak, from Armenian դաշնակ, from Armenian դաշնակցական, from Armenian Դաշնակցություն, from Armenian դաշնակից, from Old Armenian դաշնակից, from Old Armenian դաշն, from Middle Persian dašn — contract, treaty.
Dashnakism (English): The political philosophy of the Dashnaks
Definitions
- The political philosophy of the Dashnaks
Ancestry of “Dashnakism”, step by step
Dashnakism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Dashnak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dashnak | A member of Dashnaktsutyun, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, an Armenian nationalist and socialist political party founded in 1890 |
| 2 | Armenian | դաշնակ | a member of the Armenian Revolutionary... |
| 3 | Armenian | դաշնակցական | a member of the Armenian Revolutionary... |
| 4 | Armenian | Դաշնակցություն | union, federation, alliance, coalition |
| 5 | Armenian | դաշնակից | ally; allied, confederate |
| 6 | Old Armenian | դաշնակից | confederate, leaguer; conspirator |
| 7 | Old Armenian | դաշն | contract, convention, bargain, treaty,... |
| 8 | Middle Persian | dašn | contract, treaty |
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 |