Where does “escapism” come from?
Escapism derives from escape plus the suffix -ism, which comes from Ancient Greek -ισμός, itself from Ancient Greek -μός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mós.
escapism (English): An inclination to escape from routine or reality...
Definitions
- An inclination to escape from routine or reality...
Ancestry of “escapism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | escape | To get free; to free oneself; To avoid ; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | escapen | — |
| 3 | Old French | escaper | Alternative form of eschaper |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | excappare | present active infinitive of *excappō;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “escapism”