Etymology

fetishism

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Today it means: The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people. Full definition →

English fetish ← French fétiche ← Portuguese feitiço
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  4. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  5. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  6. Latinfaciō
  7. Latinfactus
  8. Latinfactīcius
  9. Portuguesefeitiço
  10. Frenchfétiche
  11. Englishfetish
  12. English todayfetishism

From fetish + -ism.

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