Etymology

dwarfism

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Today it means: The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature). Full definition →

English dwarf ← Middle English dwergh ← Old English dweorg
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*dwergaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*dwerg
  3. Old Englishdweorg
  4. Middle Englishdwergh
  5. Englishdwarf
  6. English todaydwarfism

From dwarf + -ism.

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