Where does “Garrisonianism” come from?
Garrisonianism (English) comes from English Garrisonian, from English Garrison, from Middle English garisoun, from Old French garison, from Old French -ison, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Garrisonianism (English): Garrisonian ideas generally
Definitions
- Garrisonian ideas generally
Ancestry of “Garrisonianism”, step by step
Garrisonianism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Garrisonian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Garrisonian | Of or pertaining to William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879), American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer |
| 2 | English | Garrison | A permanent military post |
| 3 | Middle English | garisoun | Riches, treasure, or a gift of such |
| 4 | Old French | garison | defence; good; object |
| 5 | Old French | -ison | used to form feminine nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |