Where does “uglyism” come from?
uglyism (English) comes from English ugly, from Middle English ugly, from Old Norse uggligr, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
uglyism (English): discrimination against ugly people
Definitions
- discrimination against ugly people
Ancestry of “uglyism”, step by step
uglyism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ugly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ugly | Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically... |
| 2 | Middle English | ugly | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | uggligr | feared; doubtful, questionable |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ligr | suffix used to create adjectives, having the... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
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 |