Where does “caddism” come from?
caddism (English) comes from English CAD, from English caddie, from Scots caddie, from French cadet, from French capdet, from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
caddism (English): caddish behaviour
Definitions
- caddish behaviour
Ancestry of “caddism”, step by step
caddism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English CAD
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | CAD | Initialism of computer-aided drafting; Initialism... |
| 2 | English | caddie | A golfer's assistant and adviser; Alternative... |
| 3 | Scots | caddie | caddie; A youth or boy who does odd jobs |
| 4 | French | cadet | youngest; cadet, student officer; junior... |
| 5 | French | capdet | chief, captain |
| 6 | Latin | capitellum | small head; capital or chapiter of a column |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 |