Where does “cornucopianism” come from?
cornucopianism (English) comes from English cornucopian, from English cornucopia, from Latin cornūcōpia, from Latin cōpia, from Latin coopia, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
cornucopianism (English): The belief that continued supply of the material needs of humankind can be achieved through continued advances in technology
Definitions
- The belief that continued supply of the material needs of humankind can be achieved through continued advances in technology
Ancestry of “cornucopianism”, step by step
cornucopianism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cornucopian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cornucopian | in great abundance, very abundant |
| 2 | English | cornucopia | A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit,... |
| 3 | Latin | cornūcōpia | cornucopia |
| 4 | Latin | cōpia | supply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches |
| 5 | Latin | coopia | — |
| 6 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 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 |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
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 |