Where does “fascism” come from?

Fascism comes from Italian fascismo, derived from Latin fascis meaning "bundle," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰask- with the agent suffix -mós.

fascism (English): Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist...

Definitions

  1. Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist...

Ancestry of “fascism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchfascismeFascism, an extreme-right totalitarian political...
2ItalianfascismoFascism, fascism
3Italian-ismo-ism
4Latin-ismus-ism
5Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
6Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “fascism

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós
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