Where does “nonracism” come from?
nonracism (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.
nonracism (English): Absence of racism; the quality of not being...
Definitions
- Absence of racism; the quality of not being...
Ancestry of “nonracism”, 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 | — |