Where does “gerrymanderism” come from?
gerrymanderism (English) comes from English gerrymander, from English salamander, from Middle English salamandre, from Old French salamandre, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα, from Persian سمندر, from Persian سام — darkness, shadow.
gerrymanderism (English): gerrymandering
Definitions
- gerrymandering
Ancestry of “gerrymanderism”, step by step
gerrymanderism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gerrymander
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gerrymander | To divide a geographic area into voting districts... |
| 2 | English | salamander | A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of... |
| 3 | Middle English | salamandre | — |
| 4 | Old French | salamandre | salamander |
| 5 | Latin | salamandra | salamander |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σαλαμάνδρα | fire salamander |
| 7 | Persian | سمندر | salamander; a mythological fire-dwelling creature... |
| 8 | Persian | سام | fire; flame; swell, swelling |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćyaHmás | black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱyeh₁-mó-s | black, dark |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |
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 |