Where does “futurism” come from?

futurism (English) comes from French futurisme, from Italian futurismo, from Italian -ismo, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

futurism (English): An early 20th century avant-garde art movement...

Definitions

  1. An early 20th century avant-garde art movement...

Ancestry of “futurism”, step by step

futurism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French futurisme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfuturismefuturism
2Italianfuturismofuturism
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

via English future

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfutureThe time ahead; those moments yet to be...
2Middle EnglishfutureA future action or doing; that which happens in...
3Old Frenchfutur—
4Latinfutūrusabout to be, about to exist
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

Words derived from “futurism”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Italian -ismo →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →