Where does “laxism” come from?
laxism (English) comes from English lax, from Middle English lax, from Old English leax, from Proto-West Germanic lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.
laxism (English): laxity
Definitions
- laxity
Ancestry of “laxism”, step by step
laxism traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English lax
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lax | A salmon; Lenient and allowing for deviation; not... |
| 2 | Middle English | lax | salmon |
| 3 | Old English | leax | a salmon |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lahs | salmon |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 6 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 7 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 8 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |
via French laxisme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | laxisme | laxity |
| 2 | French | -ïsme | -ism, variant of -isme following vowels |
| 3 | Latin | -isma | Alternative form of -ismus; -ism |
| 4 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |