Where does “Edwardsianism” come from?

Edwardsianism (English) comes from English Edwardsian, from English Edwards, from English -s, from English ’s, from English Kingstown, from English town, from Middle English toun, from Middle English ende — on, onto.

Edwardsianism (English): A school of theology that grew up among the Congregationalists of New England, originating in the year 1732, when Jonathan Edwards began his constructive theological work, culminating a little before the American Civil War, declining afterwards, and rapidly disappearing after the year 1880

Definitions

  1. A school of theology that grew up among the Congregationalists of New England, originating in the year 1732, when Jonathan Edwards began his constructive theological work, culminating a little before the American Civil War, declining afterwards, and rapidly disappearing after the year 1880

Ancestry of “Edwardsianism”, step by step

Edwardsianism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Edwardsian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEdwardsianOf or relating to Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist theologian
2EnglishEdwardsa surname
3English-sUsed to form regular plurals of nouns; Used to...
4English’s
5EnglishKingstownOS grid ref NY3959
6EnglishtownA settlement; an area with residential districts,...
7Middle Englishtountown
8Middle EnglishendeThe end or finishing of a thing; the terminal...
9Old Englishendeend, limit, border, corner
10Proto-Germanicandiin addition, furthermore, and
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English ism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishismAn ideology, system of thought, or practice that...
2English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts