Where does “wokeism” come from?
wokeism (English) comes from English woke, from English woken up, from English wake up, from English wake, from Middle English wake, from Old English wacu, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic furdu — passed , crossed.
wokeism (English): The purported ideology of wokeness
Definitions
- The purported ideology of wokeness
Ancestry of “wokeism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woke | Awake: conscious and not asleep; Alert, aware of... |
| 2 | English | woken up | past participle of wake up |
| 3 | English | wake up | To awake; To awaken somebody; To become more... |
| 4 | English | wake | To stop sleeping; To make somebody stop sleeping;... |
| 5 | Middle English | wake | Alternative form of woke |
| 6 | Old English | wacu | wake, watch |
| 7 | Old English | ford | ford |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | furdu | ford |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | furduz | ford |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pértus | crossing |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |