Where does “Demoralisation” come from?
Demoralisation (German) comes from French démoralisation, from French démoraliser, from French moraliser, from French -iser, from Old French -iser, from Latin -izo, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω — he, she.
Ancestry of “Demoralisation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | démoralisation | demoralization |
| 2 | French | démoraliser | to render immoral; to immoralize; to demoralize |
| 3 | French | moraliser | to moralize |
| 4 | French | -iser | -ise/-ize |
| 5 | Old French | -iser | -ize |
| 6 | Latin | -izo | Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “Demoralisation”