Where does “neoracism” come from?
neoracism (English) comes from English racism, from French racisme, from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius.
neoracism (English): Discrimination or prejudice based on nationality...
Definitions
- Discrimination or prejudice based on nationality...
Ancestry of “neoracism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | racism | Belief that there are distinct human races with... |
| 2 | French | racisme | racism |
| 3 | French | race | race; kind; breed |
| 4 | Middle French | rasse | — |
| 5 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 6 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 7 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 8 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 9 | English | -án | — |
| 10 | Middle English | -an | — |