Where does “absurdisme” come from?
absurdisme (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål absurd, from Latin absurdus, from Latin absonus, from Latin -sonus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
absurdisme (Norwegian Bokmål): absurdism the philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail
Definitions
- absurdism the philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail
Ancestry of “absurdisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | absurd | absurd; absurdist |
| 2 | Latin | absurdus | discordant, harsh; incongruous, inconsistent,... |
| 3 | Latin | absonus | harsh, discordant; unsuitable, incongruous |
| 4 | Latin | -sonus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |