féminisme

See also: feminisme

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂

Proto-Italic *θēmanā

Proto-Italic *fēmanā

Latin fēmina

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin fēminīnuslbor.

French féminin

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor.

Latin -ismuslbor.

French -isme

French féminisme

(1837) From féminin +‎ -isme, with haplology.

In the original sense of “women's movement or advocacy”, probably directly derived from Latin fēmina (“woman”), as if from Neo-Latin feminismus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe.mi.nism/ ~ /fe.mi.nizm/

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Noun

féminisme m (plural féminismes)

1. feminism (all meanings)

Related terms

• féministe

Descendants

• → Danish: feminisme
• → Turkish: feminizm

Further reading

• “féminisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012