Where does “annexationism” come from?
annexationism (English) comes from English annexation, from Latin annexatio, from Latin adnecto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
annexationism (English): The tendency to annex additional territories
Definitions
- The tendency to annex additional territories
Ancestry of “annexationism”, step by step
annexationism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English annexation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | annexation | Addition or incorporation of something, or... |
| 2 | Latin | annexatio | action of annexing |
| 3 | Latin | adnecto | I bind or tie to, connect, annex |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |