Etymology

Belgicism

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Today it means: The political ideology which supports the political and economic union of Belgium; Belgian nationalism. Full definition →

French belgicisme ← Latin Belgica ← Proto-Celtic *belgos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰelǵʰ-?
  2. Proto-Celtic*belgos
  3. LatinBelgae
  4. Latinbelgicus
  5. LatinGallus
  6. LatinGallia
  7. LatinBelgica
  8. LatinGallia Belgicaellip.
  9. LatinBelgica
  10. Frenchbelgicisme
  11. English todayBelgicism

Semi-learned borrowing from French belgicisme. By surface analysis, Belgica + -ism. Named after Belgium.

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