Where does “Hamiltonianism” come from?
Hamiltonianism (English) comes from English hamiltonian, from English Hamilton, from Old English Hameldūne, from Old English dūne, from Old English adūne, from Old English ofdūne, from Old English dūn, from Proto-Germanic *dūnā — smoke; mist, haze.
Hamiltonianism (English): Support for the fiscal policies advocated by Alexander Hamilton
Definitions
- Support for the fiscal policies advocated by Alexander Hamilton
Ancestry of “Hamiltonianism”, step by step
Hamiltonianism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hamiltonian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hamiltonian | Alternative letter-case form of Hamiltonian |
| 2 | English | Hamilton | A United States ten-dollar bill |
| 3 | Old English | Hameldūne | — |
| 4 | Old English | dūne | hill; down, downward |
| 5 | Old English | adūne | — |
| 6 | Old English | ofdūne | off the hill; down |
| 7 | Old English | dūn | hill, down; hill, dune; hill, mountain |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *dūnā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
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 |