Etymology of the English word gargoylism
the English word
gargoylismderived from the English word
gargoylederived from the Old French word
gargouillederived from the Old French word
goulederived from the Arabic word
gulderived from the Latin word
gula (throat, neck, gullet)
using the French prefix
garg-derived from the Old French word
gargoleusing the English suffix
-ismderived from the French suffix
-ismderived from the Latin suffix
-ismusderived from the Greek suffix
-ismos, -ισμός
suffix for verbs ending in "-izein" (cf. Latin "-izare")
Usage
Word found in Modern English
