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Where does “nurkkapatriotismi” come from?

nurkkapatriotismi (Finnish) comes from Finnish patriotismi, from English patriotism, from French patriotisme, from French -ïsme, from Latin -isma, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

nurkkapatriotismi (Finnish): parochialism

Definitions

  1. parochialism

Ancestry of “nurkkapatriotismi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpatriotismipatriotism
2EnglishpatriotismLove of one's country; devotion to the welfare of...
3Frenchpatriotismepatriotism
4French-ïsme-ism, variant of -isme following vowels
5Latin-ismaAlternative form of -ismus; -ism
6Latin-ismus-ism
7Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
8Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
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