Where does “conferralism” come from?
conferralism (English) comes from English conferral, from English confer, from English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin cōnferō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
conferralism (English): A philosophy in which attributes are conferred on...
Definitions
- A philosophy in which attributes are conferred on...
Ancestry of “conferralism”, step by step
conferralism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English conferral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | conferral | The act of conferring something; conferment |
| 2 | English | confer | To grant as a possession; to bestow; To talk... |
| 3 | English | conferre | — |
| 4 | Middle French | conférer | — |
| 5 | Old French | conferer | — |
| 6 | Latin | cōnferō | to bring or collect together, gather; unite, join, connect |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
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 |