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
- The light, entertaining writing style associated...
Ancestry of “feuilletonism”, step by step
feuilletonism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English feuilleton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | feuilleton | A section of a European newspaper typically... |
| 2 | French | feuilleton | soap opera |
| 3 | French | feuillet | page, leaf; layer; omasum, manyplies |
| 4 | Old French | feuil | — |
| 5 | Latin | folia | nominative plural of folium; accusative plural of... |
| 6 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
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 |