The story
- German · borrowed fromNarzissismus
- English todaynarcissism
From obsolete German Narzissismus (now Narzissmus by haplology), from Narziss (“Narcissus”) + -ism. By surface analysis, Narciss(us) (“character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection”) + -ism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.