Where does “Pavlovianism” come from?
Pavlovianism (English) comes from English Pavlovian, from French pavlovien, from English Pavlov, from Russian Па́влов, from Russian Па́вел, from Old Church Slavonic Павьлъ, from Ancient Greek Παῦλος, from Latin paulus.
Pavlovianism (English): The use of, or belief in, Pavlovian conditioning
Definitions
- The use of, or belief in, Pavlovian conditioning
Ancestry of “Pavlovianism”, step by step
Pavlovianism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Pavlovian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pavlovian | Of or relating to the theories of the Russian... |
| 2 | French | pavlovien | of Pavlov; Pavlovian |
| 3 | English | Pavlov | To condition a person or animal to react to a stimulus, without consideration to the meaning of it |
| 4 | Russian | Па́влов | a common Slavic surname |
| 5 | Russian | Па́вел | Paul |
| 6 | Old Church Slavonic | Павьлъ | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Παῦλος | Paul, a common Roman name, famously held by Paul, the Christian apostle |
| 8 | Latin | paulus | little, small |
| 9 | Latin | paullus | — |
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 |