Where does “Puritanism” come from?
Puritanism derives from Puritan plus the Ancient Greek suffix -ισμός, itself from -μός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mós, a suffix forming abstract nouns denoting states or conditions.
Puritanism (English): The beliefs and practices of the Puritans
Definitions
- The beliefs and practices of the Puritans
Ancestry of “Puritanism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Puritan | A member of a particular Protestant religious... |
| 2 | English | purity | The state or degree of being pure |
| 3 | English | pure | Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied; Free... |
| 4 | Middle English | pure | pure, unadulterated, undiluted, untarnished;... |
| 5 | Old French | pur | pure; Alternative form of por |
| 6 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 7 | Old French | vie | life |
| 8 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 9 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 10 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 11 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |