Etymology

illeism

il·le·i·sm
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Today it means: The practice of (excessively) referring to oneself in the third person. Full definition →

Latin ille ← Old Latin olle ← Proto-Italic *olnos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Proto-Italic*olnos
  3. Old Latinolle
  4. Latinille
  5. English todayilleism

From Latin ille (“that man; he”) + -ism, modelled on egoism.

Words from the same roots

Latinille all →

illeistilleity

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.