Where does “pismirism” come from?
pismirism (English) comes from English pismire, from Middle English pissemyre, from Middle English mire, from French mire, from Italian mira, from Italian mirare, from Latin mīror, from Latin mīrus — to smile; to smear, stroke, wipe, rub; to be...
pismirism (English): Hoarding of money; frugality
Definitions
- Hoarding of money; frugality
Ancestry of “pismirism”, step by step
pismirism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pismire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pismire | An ant |
| 2 | Middle English | pissemyre | a pismire; an ant |
| 3 | Middle English | mire | Marshy or swampy land; a mire or peat; A region... |
| 4 | French | mire | aim; foresight; target |
| 5 | Italian | mira | aim; sight; aim, goal, purpose, design,... |
| 6 | Italian | mirare | to aim, to take aim, to sight, to point; to... |
| 7 | Latin | mīror | to be astonished at, marvel at, admire, be amazed at, wonder at |
| 8 | Latin | mīrus | wonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculous |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | smeiros | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sméyros | laughing, smiling |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | smey- | to smile; to smear, stroke, wipe, rub; to be... |
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 |