Etymology

gingerism

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Today it means: Prejudice or discrimination against people with red hair. Full definition →

English ginger ← Middle English gingere ← Old French gingembreinflu.
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The story

  1. Proto-Dravidian*wēr
  2. Sauraseni Prakrit𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)
  3. Ancient Greekζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)
  4. Latinzingiberi
  5. Late Latingingiber
  6. Proto-West Germanic*gingiberō
  7. Old Englishgingifer
  8. Old Frenchgingembreinflu.
  9. Middle Englishgingivere
  10. Middle Englishgingere
  11. Englishginger
  12. English todaygingerism

From ginger + -ism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.