Where does “memoirism” come from?
memoirism (English) comes from English memoir, from French mémoire, from Middle French memoire, from Old French memoire, from Latin memoria, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
memoirism (English): The act or art of writing memoirs
Definitions
- The act or art of writing memoirs
Ancestry of “memoirism”, step by step
memoirism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English memoir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | memoir | An autobiography; a book describing the personal... |
| 2 | French | mémoire | memory; memo; dissertation, paper |
| 3 | Middle French | memoire | memory |
| 4 | Old French | memoire | memory |
| 5 | Latin | memoria | memory; the ability to remember; a remembrance, a... |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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 |