Etymology

pre-adamitism

Today it means: The belief that humanity is descended from a single progenitor that predates Adam. Full definition →

English pre-Adamite ← Middle English Adam ← Old English Adam
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Semitic*ʔadam-
  10. Hebrewאָדָם
  11. Ancient GreekἈδάμ (Adám)
  12. LatinĀdām
  13. Old EnglishAdam
  14. Middle EnglishAdam
  15. EnglishAdam
  16. EnglishAdamite
  17. Englishpre-Adamite
  18. English todaypre-Adamitism

From pre-Adamite + -ism.

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