Where does “impartialism” come from?
impartialism (English) comes from English impartial, from French impartial, from French im-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
impartialism (English): A policy of being impartial
Definitions
- A policy of being impartial
Ancestry of “impartialism”, step by step
impartialism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impartial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impartial | treating all parties, rivals, or disputants... |
| 2 | French | impartial | impartial |
| 3 | French | im- | a form of the prefix in-, used before "b", "m"... |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 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 |