Where does “militarism” come from?
Militarism derives from French militarisme, formed from French militaire and the suffix French -isme, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mós.
militarism (English): An ideology which claims that the military is the...
Definitions
- An ideology which claims that the military is the...
Ancestry of “militarism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | militarisme | militarism |
| 2 | French | militaire | military, militaristic; military |
| 3 | Middle French | militaire | military |
| 4 | Latin | mīlitāris | Of a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial |
| 5 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 6 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |