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Where does “feuilletonism” come from?

feuilletonism (English) comes from English feuilleton, from French feuilleton, from French feuillet, from Old French feuil, from Latin folia, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.

feuilletonism (English): The light, entertaining writing style associated...

Definitions

  1. The light, entertaining writing style associated...

Ancestry of “feuilletonism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeuilletonA section of a European newspaper typically...
2Frenchfeuilletonsoap opera
3Frenchfeuilletpage, leaf; layer; omasum, manyplies
4Old Frenchfeuil—
5Latinfolianominative plural of folium; accusative plural of...
6Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
7Proto-Italic*foljom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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