Etymology

neoclassicism

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Today it means: Any of several movements in the arts, architecture, literature and music that revived forms from earlier centuries, especially those of the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans. Full definition →

English classic ← French classique ← Latin classicu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  4. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  5. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  6. Englishneo-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₁-
  8. Proto-Italic*klāssis
  9. Latinclassis
  10. Latinclassicu
  11. Frenchclassique
  12. Englishclassic
  13. English todayneoclassicism

From neo- + classic + -ism.

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