Where does “immoralism” come from?
immoralism (English) comes from English immoral, from English im-, from English in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in — in.
immoralism (English): A philosophy that does not accept moral...
Definitions
- A philosophy that does not accept moral...
Ancestry of “immoralism”, step by step
immoralism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English immoral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | immoral | Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity,... |
| 2 | English | im- | Expressing negation; not; Alternative form of the... |
| 3 | English | in- | in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with... |
| 4 | Middle English | in- | — |
| 5 | Old English | in- | in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the... |
| 6 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | én | 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 |