Where does “inventionism” come from?
inventionism (English) comes from English invention, from Old French invencion, from Latin inventiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
inventionism (English): The belief that elements of a culture developed within that culture rather than being absorbed through contact with other cultures
Definitions
- The belief that elements of a culture developed within that culture rather than being absorbed through contact with other cultures
Ancestry of “inventionism”, step by step
inventionism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English invention
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | invention | Something invented; The act of inventing; The... |
| 2 | Old French | invencion | — |
| 3 | Latin | inventiō | invention, discovery |
| 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 |
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 |