Where does “penny-dreadfulism” come from?
penny-dreadfulism (English) comes from English penny dreadful, from English dreadful, from Middle English dredful, from Middle English dred, from Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan, from Old English ondrǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic andarādan — on, onto.
penny-dreadfulism (English): The sensationalistic writing style of a penny...
Definitions
- The sensationalistic writing style of a penny...
Ancestry of “penny-dreadfulism”, step by step
penny-dreadfulism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English penny dreadful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | penny dreadful | A cheap paperback book, "particularly" those... |
| 2 | English | dreadful | Full of something causing dread, "whether"; Full... |
| 3 | Middle English | dredful | Having dread or fear |
| 4 | Middle English | dred | Fear, dread; the state of being frightened |
| 5 | Middle English | dreden | To fear or dread |
| 6 | Old English | drǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 7 | Old English | ondrǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | andarādan | to be afraid, fear; to be in awe |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; un-, de- |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
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 |