Etymology

acosmism

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Today it means: A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos) ← Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos ← Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱem-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱens-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*kónsmos
  9. Ancient Greekκόσμος (kósmos)
  10. English todayacosmism

From a- + Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + English -ism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.