Where does “convulsionism” come from?
convulsionism (English) comes from English convulsion, from Latin convulsiō, from Latin convulsus, from Latin convellere, from Latin convello, from Latin vello, from Proto-Italic welnō, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.
convulsionism (English): The practice of the convulsionists, going into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion
Definitions
- The practice of the convulsionists, going into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion
Ancestry of “convulsionism”, step by step
convulsionism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English convulsion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | convulsion | An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular... |
| 2 | Latin | convulsiō | convulsion |
| 3 | Latin | convulsus | shattered, battered, convulsed; overthrown |
| 4 | Latin | convellere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | convello | I shatter, batter, convulse; I overthrow |
| 6 | Latin | vello | I pluck out; I depilate; I pull or tear down; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | welnō | to pull, tear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₃- | to hit, to strike |
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 |