Etymology

goonism

G2O1O1N1I1S1M3

Today it means: The practice of acting like a goon or thug. Full definition →

English goon ← Middle English gone? ← Old English guma
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéǵʰōm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰmṓ
  4. Proto-Germanic*gumô
  5. Proto-West Germanic*gumō
  6. Old Englishguma
  7. Middle Englishgone?
  8. Englishgooney
  9. Englishgoon
  10. English todaygoonism

From goon + -ism.

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