Where does “alarmisti” come from?
alarmisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish alarmismi, from English alarmism, from English alarm, from Middle English alarme, from Middle French alarme, from Italian all'arme, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium — to stand.
alarmisti (Finnish): alarmist
Definitions
- alarmist
Ancestry of “alarmisti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alarmismi | alarmism |
| 2 | English | alarmism | The raising of needless alarms |
| 3 | English | alarm | A summons to arms, as on the approach of an... |
| 4 | Middle English | alarme | — |
| 5 | Middle French | alarme | — |
| 6 | Italian | all'arme | a command to take up arms and be ready to fight: to arms! |
| 7 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 8 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 9 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |