Where does “Taylorism” come from?
Taylorism derives from Taylor, a surname, combined with the English suffix -ism, which comes from Ancient Greek -ισμός, itself from Ancient Greek -μός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mós.
Taylorism (English): scientific management; a theory of management of...
Definitions
- scientific management; a theory of management of...
Ancestry of “Taylorism”, step by step
Taylorism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French taylorisme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | taylorisme | Taylorism |
| 2 | French | Taylor | Frederick Winslow Taylor |
| 3 | English | Taylor | A placename |
| 4 | English | tailor | A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes... |
| 5 | Middle English | taillour | tailor |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | taillour | tailor |
| 7 | Old French | taillier | to cut; to shape |
| 8 | Latin | taliō | punishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation |
| 9 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |