Where does “immersionism” come from?
immersionism (English) comes from English immersion, from Late Latin immersio, from Latin immergo, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
immersionism (English): The doctrine that immersion is an essential part...
Definitions
- The doctrine that immersion is an essential part...
Ancestry of “immersionism”, step by step
immersionism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English immersion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | immersion | The act of immersing or the condition of being... |
| 2 | Late Latin | immersio | dipping; immersion |
| 3 | Latin | immergo | I immerse; I plunge into |
| 4 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |