Where does “managerialism” come from?
Managerialism derives from English manager, which comes from English manage, traced through Old French menage and Latin -arius, ultimately from the Latin verb -are meaning to handle or conduct.
managerialism (English): The ideological principle that societies are...
Definitions
- The ideological principle that societies are...
Ancestry of “managerialism”, step by step
managerialism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English managerial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | managerial | Of or relating to a manager or management;... |
| 2 | English | manager | A person whose job is to manage something, such... |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |