Etymology

machismo

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Today it means: An excessive masculine pride, exaggerated masculinity. Full definition →

Spanish machismo
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived frommacho“male”
  2. Spanish · derived frommachismo
  3. English todaymachismo

First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (“male”), + suffix -ismo (“-ism”).

Words from the same roots

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