Where does “interventionism” come from?
Interventionism derives from French interventionnisme, formed with the French suffix -isme from Latin -isma, ultimately tracing through Latin -tio and Latin venio to Proto-Indo-European gʷem-.
interventionism (English): The political practice of intervening in a...
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- The political practice of intervening in a...
Ancestry of “interventionism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | interventionnisme | interventionism |
| 2 | French | intervention | intervention |
| 3 | Latin | interventiō | guarantee, caution |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |