Where does “traitorism” come from?
traitorism (English) comes from English traitor, from Middle English traitor, from Old French traïtor, from Latin trāditor, from Latin trādō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus — smoke; mist, haze.
traitorism (English): traitorous behaviour; treachery
Definitions
- traitorous behaviour; treachery
Ancestry of “traitorism”, step by step
traitorism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English traitor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | traitor | Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays... |
| 2 | Middle English | traitor | — |
| 3 | Old French | traïtor | Alternative form of traitor |
| 4 | Latin | trāditor | betrayer, traitor |
| 5 | Latin | trādō | to hand over, give up, deliver, transmit, surrender; impart; entrust, confide |
| 6 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 7 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 8 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
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 |