Etymology

vampirism

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English vampire ← French vampire ← German Vampir
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The story

  1. Proto-Turkic*ōp-
  2. Proto-Turkic*ōpurder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  4. Proto-Balto-Slavic*au
  5. Proto-Slavic*u
  6. Proto-Slavic*pyřь
  7. Proto-Slavic*ǫpyrь
  8. Serbo-Croatianvampir
  9. GermanVampir
  10. Frenchvampire
  11. Englishvampire
  12. English todayvampirism

From vampire + -ism.

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