Where does “landlordism” come from?
Landlordism comes from English landlord plus the suffix -ism, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mós, a suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a state or condition.
landlordism (English): An economic system under which a few private...
Definitions
- An economic system under which a few private...
Ancestry of “landlordism”, step by step
landlordism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English landlord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | landlord | A person who owns and rents land such as a house,... |
| 2 | Middle English | landlord | — |
| 3 | Old English | landhlāford | landlord, lord of a manor |
| 4 | Old English | hlāford | lord |
| 5 | Old English | hlāfweard | lord, master, husband |
| 6 | Old English | weard | guard; guard, the action of looking out for... |
| 7 | Old English | ōra | ore, unwrought metal |
| 8 | Old English | ēar | sea, ocean; grave, earth |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ahaz | ear |
| 10 | Proto-Finnic | ahtas | narrow, cramped |
| 11 | Proto-Baltic | anśtas | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énǵʰus | narrow, tight |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enǵʰ- | to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;... |
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 |