Where does “stoicism” come from?
Stoicism derives from English stoic, from Ancient Greek Στωϊκός, originally referring to followers of the Ποικίλη Στοά school, with the suffix -ισμός denoting the philosophical system and -ῐκός forming the adjective.
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Ancestry of “stoicism”, step by step
stoicism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French stoïcisme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | stoïcisme | stoicism |
| 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 |
via Latin stōicismus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | stōicismus | — |