Where does “frontierism” come from?
frontierism (English) comes from English frontier, from Middle English frounter, from Old French fronter, from Old French front, from Latin frōns, from Proto-Indo-European bʰron-t-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰren- — project; to project; to stand out; to project;...
frontierism (English): Support for a frontier; especially, the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that a settler colonial exceptionalism, under the guise of American democracy, was formed by appropriation of the rugged American frontier
Definitions
- Support for a frontier; especially, the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that a settler colonial exceptionalism, under the guise of American democracy, was formed by appropriation of the rugged American frontier
Ancestry of “frontierism”, step by step
frontierism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English frontier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | frontier | The part of a country which borders or faces... |
| 2 | Middle English | frounter | A frontier or borderland; A fort located upon the... |
| 3 | Old French | fronter | — |
| 4 | Old French | front | forehead; front |
| 5 | Latin | frōns | a leafy branch; foliage; greenery |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰron-t- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰren- | project; to project; to stand out; to project;... |
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 |