Etymology

creationism

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Today it means: The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism. Full definition →

English creation ← Middle English creacion ← Old French creacion
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁eh₂yéti
  4. Proto-Italic[Term?]
  5. Latincreō
  6. Latincreātiōnem
  7. Old Frenchcreacion
  8. Middle Englishcreacion
  9. Englishcreation
  10. English todaycreationism

From creation + -ism.

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