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