Etymology

classism

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Today it means: Discrimination or prejudice that is based on social class, especially against those of lower social class. Full definition →

English class ← Middle French classe ← Latin classis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₁-
  2. Proto-Italic*klāssis
  3. Latinclassis
  4. Middle Frenchclasse
  5. Englishclass
  6. English todayclassism

From class + -ism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.