Etymology

Bohemism

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Today it means: A word or idiom of the Czech language (that has been borrowed by another language). Full definition →

English Bohemia ← French Bohême ← Middle French Bohême
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  2. Proto-Celtic*bāus
  3. LatinBoiī
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
  6. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
  10. Proto-Germanic*haimaz
  11. Late LatinBoiohaemum
  12. Middle FrenchBohême
  13. FrenchBohême
  14. EnglishBohemia
  15. English todayBohemism

From Bohemia + -ism.

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