Where does “quininism” come from?
quininism (English) comes from English quinine, from French quinine, from Spanish quina, from Latin quina, from Latin quini, from Latin quinque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
quininism (English): cinchonism
Definitions
- cinchonism
Ancestry of “quininism”, step by step
quininism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quinine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quinine | A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived... |
| 2 | French | quinine | quinine |
| 3 | Spanish | quina | quinine; toxic wine; double five |
| 4 | Latin | quina | nominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | quini | five each; five at a time |
| 6 | Latin | quinque | five; 5 |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷenkʷe | five |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |
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 |