Where does “rigourism” come from?
rigourism (English) comes from English rigour, from Middle English rigour, from Old French rigor, from Latin rigor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
rigourism (English): Alternative form of rigorism
Definitions
- Alternative form of rigorism
Ancestry of “rigourism”, step by step
rigourism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rigour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rigour | Severity or strictness; Harshness, as of climate;... |
| 2 | Middle English | rigour | — |
| 3 | Old French | rigor | harshness; severity; stiffness; rigidity |
| 4 | Latin | rigor | stiffness, rigidity; rigor, cold, harshness,... |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
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 |