Where does “Spencerism” come from?
Spencerism (English) comes from English Spencer, from Middle English Spenser, from Middle English spenser, from Old French espensier, from Latin dispensare, from Latin dispendere, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō — to stretch.
Spencerism (English): A hypothesis of social Darwinism, propounded by Herbert Spencer (1820–1903)
Definitions
- A hypothesis of social Darwinism, propounded by Herbert Spencer (1820–1903)
Ancestry of “Spencerism”, step by step
Spencerism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Spencer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Spencer | A placename |
| 2 | Middle English | Spenser | — |
| 3 | Middle English | spenser | spencer |
| 4 | Old French | espensier | — |
| 5 | Latin | dispensare | present active infinitive of dispēnsō;... |
| 6 | Latin | dispendere | to weight out; weigh out; to weigh out |
| 7 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 8 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
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 |