Where does “victimhood” come from?

Victimhood derives from victim, from Middle French victime, from Latin victima, from Proto-Indo-European weyk-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wey-.

victimhood (English): The state or perception of being a victim

Definitions

  1. The state or perception of being a victim

Ancestry of “victimhood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-hoodA substantive suffix denoting a condition or...
2Middle English-hedeAffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns...
3Old English-hād-hood
4Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
5Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt- →Every word from English -hood →Every word from Proto-Germanic haiduz →