Where does “rehabilitationism” come from?

rehabilitationism (English) comes from English rehabilitation, from French réhabilitation, from French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

rehabilitationism (English): The belief that criminals should be rehabilitated...

Definitions

  1. The belief that criminals should be rehabilitated...

Ancestry of “rehabilitationism”, step by step

rehabilitationism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rehabilitation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrehabilitationThe process of rehabilitating somebody or...
2Frenchréhabilitationrehabilitation
3French-ationUsed to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation
4Middle French-ationation
5Old French-ationation
6Latin-ātiō
7Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
8Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English ism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishismAn ideology, system of thought, or practice that...
2English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-
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