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Where does “censorship” come from?

Censorship derives from English censor, from Latin censor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱem-, meaning to assess or control.

censorship (English): The use of state or group power to control...

Definitions

  1. The use of state or group power to control...

Ancestry of “censorship”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-shipAppended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a...
2Middle English-schipeAffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns...
3Old English-sċiepe—
4Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
5Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “censorship”

  • anticensorship
  • precensorship
  • noncensorship
  • decensorship
  • self-censorship
  • semicensorship
  • uncensorship
  • cybercensorship
  • recensorship
  • सेंसरशिप
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