Etymology

neofascism

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Today it means: A right-wing political movement inspired by fascism, especially by that of Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. Full definition →

English fascism ← Italian fascismo ← Latin fascis
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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. Latinfascis
  8. Italianfascio
  9. Italianfascismo
  10. Englishfascism
  11. English todayneofascism

From neo- + fascism.

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