Where does “Hamletism” come from?
Hamletism (English) comes from English HAMLET, from Middle English hamlet, from Old French hamelet, from Old French hamel, from Old French ham, from Frankish haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymos — to be lying down; to settle.
Hamletism (English): Disastrous indecisiveness
Definitions
- Disastrous indecisiveness
Ancestry of “Hamletism”, step by step
Hamletism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English HAMLET
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | HAMLET | A protein complex of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic... |
| 2 | Middle English | hamlet | — |
| 3 | Old French | hamelet | hamlet |
| 4 | Old French | hamel | hamlet |
| 5 | Old French | ham | village |
| 6 | Frankish | haim | village, home; home, village, hamlet; home,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
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 |