Etymology

environmentalism

Today it means: A theory that views environment, rather than heredity or culture, as the important factor in the development of an individual or group. Full definition →

English environmental ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French environnement
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Old Latinen
  4. Latinin
  5. Old Frenchen
  6. Latinvibrāre?
  7. Vulgar Latin*virāre
  8. Old Frenchvirer
  9. Old Frenchviron
  10. Old Frenchenviron
  11. Middle Frenchenviron
  12. Middle Frenchenvironner
  13. Middle Frenchenvironnement
  14. Englishenvironment
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Englishenvironmental
  18. English todayenvironmentalism

From environmental + -ism.

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