Where does “prohibitionism” come from?
prohibitionism (English) comes from English prohibition, from Old French prohibicion, from Latin prohibitio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
prohibitionism (English): The doctrine that people will refrain from...
Definitions
- The doctrine that people will refrain from...
Ancestry of “prohibitionism”, step by step
prohibitionism traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English prohibition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prohibition | An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing,... |
| 2 | Old French | prohibicion | prohibition |
| 3 | Latin | prohibitio | prohibition, prevention |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French prohibitionnisme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | prohibitionnisme | prohibitionism |
| 2 | French | -ïsme | -ism, variant of -isme following vowels |
| 3 | Latin | -isma | Alternative form of -ismus; -ism |
| 4 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |