Where does “totalitarism” come from?
totalitarism (Romanian) comes from French totalitarisme, from French totalitaire, from French totalité, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
totalitarism (Romanian): totalitarianism (system where state wields absolute control)
Definitions
- totalitarianism (system where state wields absolute control)
Ancestry of “totalitarism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | totalitarisme | totalitarianism |
| 2 | French | totalitaire | totalitarian; total, complete |
| 3 | French | totalité | totality, entirety |
| 4 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 5 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |