Where does “reconstructionism” come from?
reconstructionism (English) comes from English reconstruction, from English construction, from Middle English construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from Latin cōnstruō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
reconstructionism (English): Any of various religious movements aiming to...
Definitions
- Any of various religious movements aiming to...
Ancestry of “reconstructionism”, step by step
reconstructionism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English reconstruction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reconstruction | A thing that has been reconstructed or restored... |
| 2 | English | construction | The process of constructing; Anything that has... |
| 3 | Middle English | construction | — |
| 4 | Old French | construction | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōnstructiō | The act of putting, placing or joining together |
| 6 | Latin | cōnstruō | to heap, bring, collect or gather together |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
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 |