Where does “rasism” come from?
rasism (Swedish) comes from French racisme, from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius, from English -án.
rasism (Swedish): racism
Definitions
- racism
Ancestry of “rasism”, step by step
rasism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French racisme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | racisme | racism |
| 2 | French | race | race; kind; breed |
| 3 | Middle French | rasse | — |
| 4 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 5 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 6 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 7 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 8 | English | -án | Of or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a |
| 9 | Middle English | -an | — |