Where does “plagiarism” come from?

Plagiarism derives from English plagiary, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Latin plagium (kidnapping), from Latin plaga (blow, wound), from Latin plangere (to strike), from Proto-Indo-European plak- (to strike), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pel-.

plagiarism (English): Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other...

Definitions

  1. Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other...

Ancestry of “plagiarism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
2Latin-ismus-ism
3Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
4Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “plagiarism”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from English -ism →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →