myEtymology.com: English etymology of paternalism

Etymology of the English word paternalism

the English word paternalism

using the English suffix -ism

derived from the French suffix -ism

derived from the Latin suffix -ismus

derived from the Greek suffix -ismos, -ισμός

suffix for verbs ending in "-izein" (cf. Latin "-izare")

derived from the English word paternal

derived from the Old French word paternal

derived from the Latin word paternalis

derived from the Latin word paternus (father's, paternal; ancestral)

derived from the Late Latin word pater (father)

derived from the Greek word pater, πατήρ (father; a 'father' (literally or figuratively, near or more remote))

using the Proto-Indo-European prefix pəter- (father)