Etymology

Christofascism

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Today it means: Christian fanaticism or fundamentalism. Full definition →

English fascism ← Italian fascismo ← Latin fascis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰrey-
  3. Ancient Greekχρίω (khríō)
  4. Ancient Greekχρῑστός (khrīstós)
  5. Biblical Hebrewמָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ)
  6. Aramaicܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)
  7. Ancient GreekΧρῑστός (Khrīstós)
  8. LatinChrīstus
  9. Old EnglishCrist
  10. Middle EnglishCrist
  11. EnglishChrist
  12. EnglishChristo-
  13. Latinfascis
  14. Italianfascio
  15. Italianfascismo
  16. Englishfascism
  17. English todayChristofascism

From Christo- + fascism.

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