Where does “Nazism” come from?
Nazism derives from Nazi, which combines the German political term Nazi with the Ancient Greek suffix -ισμός, itself from -μός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mós, a productive suffix forming abstract nouns.
Nazism (English): The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationa
Definitions
- The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationa
Ancestry of “Nazism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Nazi | A member of the National Socialist German Workers... |
| 2 | German | Nazi | a member or supporter of the NSDAP, Nazism, or... |
| 3 | German | Nationalsozialist | National Socialist |
| 4 | German | national | national; nationwide, national; nationalist |
| 5 | French | national | national |
| 6 | French | nation | nation |
| 7 | Middle French | nation | nation |
| 8 | Old French | nacion | birth; nation |
| 9 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 10 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 11 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |