Where does “culteranismo” come from?
culteranismo (English) comes from Spanish culteranismo, from Spanish luteranismo, from Spanish -ismo, from French féminisme, from French -ïsme, from Latin -isma, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.
culteranismo (English): A literary style during the Baroque period of Spain, characterized by a very ornamental, ostentatious vocabulary and a message that is complicated by a sea of metaphors and complex syntactical order
Definitions
- A literary style during the Baroque period of Spain, characterized by a very ornamental, ostentatious vocabulary and a message that is complicated by a sea of metaphors and complex syntactical order
Ancestry of “culteranismo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | culteranismo | culteranismo |
| 2 | Spanish | luteranismo | Lutheranism |
| 3 | Spanish | -ismo | -ism |
| 4 | French | féminisme | feminism |
| 5 | French | -ïsme | -ism, variant of -isme following vowels |
| 6 | Latin | -isma | Alternative form of -ismus; -ism |
| 7 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |