Where does “nepotism” come from?

Nepotism comes from French népotisme, from Italian nepotismo, combining Italian nepote (nephew) from Proto-Indo-European népōts with the suffix -ismo from Ancient Greek -ισμός.

nepotism (English): The favoring of relatives or personal friends...

Definitions

  1. The favoring of relatives or personal friends...

Ancestry of “nepotism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnépotismenepotism
2Italiannepotismonepotism
3ItaliannepoteAlternative form of nipote
4Latinnepōs—
5Proto-Italicnepōtsgrandson; nephew
6Proto-Indo-Europeannépōtsgrandson; descendant; nephew

Words derived from “nepotism”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European népōts →Every word from Proto-Italic nepōts →Every word from Latin nepōs →