Where does “tariffism” come from?

tariffism (English) comes from English tariff, from French tarif, from Middle French tariff, from Italian tariffa, from Spanish tarifa, from Ottoman Turkish تعرفه, from Persian تعرفه, from Arabic تَعْرِفَة — tariff, rate.

tariffism (English): A system of economic tariffs

Definitions

  1. A system of economic tariffs

Ancestry of “tariffism”, step by step

tariffism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tariff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtariffA system of government-imposed duties levied on...
2Frenchtarifprice
3Middle Frenchtariff
4Italiantariffarate, tariff, price, charge, fare; inflection of...
5Spanishtarifafare; fee
6Ottoman Turkishتعرفهprice list; tariff
7Persianتعرفهtariff, impost; receipt
8Arabicتَعْرِفَةtariff, rate

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 Arabic تَعْرِفَةEvery word from Persian تعرفهEvery word from Ottoman Turkish تعرفه
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