1. Etymology of the French word idiotisme
the French word idiotisme
Date
The earliest known usage of idiotisme in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in other languages
Romanian
idiotism2. Etymology of the French word idiotisme
derived from the French word
idiotismederived from the French word
idiotusing the French suffix
-ismederived from the Latin suffix
-ismusderived from the Greek suffix
-ismos, -ισμός
suffix for verbs ending in "-izein" (cf. Latin "-izare")
