Where does “tellurism” come from?
tellurism (English) comes from English telluric, from French tellurique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos — forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to'.
tellurism (English): A hypothetical form of animal magnetism, ascribed...
Definitions
- A hypothetical form of animal magnetism, ascribed...
Ancestry of “tellurism”, step by step
tellurism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English telluric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | telluric | Pertaining to the Earth, earthly; Containing... |
| 2 | French | tellurique | telluric |
| 3 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 4 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 5 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |
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 |