Where does “Whitmanese” come from?

Whitmanese (English) comes from English ese, from Mexican Spanish ese, from Latin ipse, from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso — himself, herself, itself.

Whitmanese (English): The characteristic writing style of the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

Definitions

  1. The characteristic writing style of the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

Ancestry of “Whitmanese”, step by step

Whitmanese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishesedude, man
2Mexican SpanisheseThe name of the Latin-script letter S; that;...
3Latinipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;...
4Proto-Italic*e(s)pesohimself, herself, itself

via English Whitman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWhitman—
Every word from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso →Every word from Latin ipse →Every word from Mexican Spanish ese →