Where does “metrolingualism” come from?
metrolingualism (English) comes from English metrolingual, from English metro-, from English metropolitan, from Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis — fortification, city.
metrolingualism (English): The use of language by diverse ethnic and...
Definitions
- The use of language by diverse ethnic and...
Ancestry of “metrolingualism”, step by step
metrolingualism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metrolingual
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metrolingual | Describing the form of language used by diverse... |
| 2 | English | metro- | metropolitan: of or relating to the city;... |
| 3 | English | metropolitan | A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an... |
| 4 | Late Latin | metropolitanus | metropolitan |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |
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 |