Where does “donnism” come from?
donnism (English) comes from English Don, from Russian Дон, from Spanish Don, from Latin dom, from Latin domnus, from Latin Dominus, from Latin domus, from Proto-Italic domos — to build; to arrange, to put together.
donnism (English): self-importance; loftiness of carriage
Definitions
- self-importance; loftiness of carriage
Ancestry of “donnism”, step by step
donnism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Don
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Don | river in Scotland |
| 2 | Russian | Дон | don |
| 3 | Spanish | Don | title of respect for a man |
| 4 | Latin | dom | — |
| 5 | Latin | domnus | lord; master |
| 6 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 7 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
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 |