Where does “lamaïsme” come from?
lamaïsme (French) comes from French lama, from Spanish llama, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.
lamaïsme (French): lamaism
Definitions
- lamaism
Ancestry of “lamaïsme”, step by step
lamaïsme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French lama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lama | llama; lama; third-person singular past historic... |
| 2 | Spanish | llama | flame; llama |
| 3 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 4 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via English lamaism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lamaism | Tibetan Buddhism |
| 2 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 3 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 4 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |