English
Fordism
From Ford + -ism, named after American industrialist Henry Ford (1863–1947).
Formed from Ford + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare, cross’
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Proto-Germanic *furduz
Proto-West Germanic *furdu
Old English ford
Middle English fōrd
English Ford
The story
From Ford + -ism, named after American industrialist Henry Ford (1863–1947).
Today it means
noun An economic and social system based on industrial mass production, where the worker is paid relatively high wages in order to buy in large quantity the products turned out in mass production.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Fordism