Where does “cosmicism” come from?
cosmicism (English) comes from English cosmic, from Latin cosmicus, from Ancient Greek κοσμικός, from Ancient Greek κόσμος, from Ancient Greek θέσις, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
cosmicism (English): The literary philosophy developed by the American...
Definitions
- The literary philosophy developed by the American...
Ancestry of “cosmicism”, step by step
cosmicism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cosmic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cosmic | Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or... |
| 2 | Latin | cosmicus | mundane; fashionable; cosmopolitan |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κοσμικός | wordly |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κόσμος | order; lawful order, government; mode, fashion |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | θέσις | a setting, placement, arrangement; deposit;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τίθημι | I put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
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 |