Where does “PCism” come from?
PCism (English) comes from English pc, from English postcard, from English card, from Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
PCism (English): political correctness
Definitions
- political correctness
Ancestry of “PCism”, step by step
PCism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pc | Abbreviation of piece; Abbreviation of postcard;... |
| 2 | English | postcard | A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin... |
| 3 | English | card | A playing card; Any game using playing cards; a... |
| 4 | Middle English | carde | playing card |
| 5 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 6 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 7 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 8 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 9 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 10 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
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 |