Where does “Romanism” come from?
Romanism comes from English Roman plus the suffix -ism, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, ultimately deriving from Latin romanus meaning "of Rome" through the Proto-Italic suffix -os.
Romanism (English): The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman...
Definitions
- The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman...
Ancestry of “Romanism”, step by step
Romanism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian român
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | român | Romanian; Romanian man |
| 2 | French | roman | Romance; romanesque; A novel |
| 3 | Old French | romanz | Old French; a story in Old French; account |
| 4 | Latin | rōmānicē | in the Roman manner |
| 5 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |