Where does “Trotskyism” come from?

Trotskyism (English) comes from Russian Тро́цкий, from Polish Troki, from Lithuanian Trakai, from Lithuanian trakai — glade.

Trotskyism (English): The left-wing political philosophy named after...

Definitions

  1. The left-wing political philosophy named after...

Ancestry of “Trotskyism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianТро́цкийparticularly Leon Trotsky, Russian-Ukrainian revolutionary, November 7, 1879 — August 21, 1940
2PolishTroki—
3LithuanianTrakai—
4Lithuaniantrakaiglade
Every word from Lithuanian trakai →Every word from Lithuanian Trakai →Every word from Polish Troki →
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