Where does “ポリコレ” come from?
ポリコレ (Japanese) comes from English political correctness, from English correctness, from English correct, from Middle English correcten, from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus, from Latin corrigēre, from Latin com- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
ポリコレ (Japanese): political correctness; PC
Definitions
- political correctness; PC
Ancestry of “ポリコレ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | political correctness | Avoidance of expressions or actions that can be... |
| 2 | English | correctness | freedom from error; conformity to the truth or to... |
| 3 | English | correct | Free from error; true; accurate; With good... |
| 4 | Middle English | correcten | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | correcter | — |
| 6 | Latin | correctus | corrected; straightened; improved |
| 7 | Latin | corrigēre | — |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 17 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |