English
Nazism
Nazism comes from German Nazi ‘a member or (ideological) supporter of the…’, and goes back to Nationalsozialist ‘National Socialist’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentNationalsozialist‘National Socialist’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentNazi‘a member or (ideological) supporter of the Nazi Party, Nazism, or neo-Nazism’
- English1500–presentsame form
- EnglishtodayNazism
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Germanc. 1650–presentNationalsozialist‘National Socialist’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentNazi‘a member or (ideological) supporter of the Nazi Party, Nazism, or neo-Nazism’
- English1500–presentsame form
- EnglishtodayNazism
A compound of national ‘national’ + sozial ‘social’ + -ist + Sozialist ‘socialist / Socialist’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’
Proto-Italic *gnātiō ‘family’
Latin nātiō ‘birth’
New Latin nātionālis
German national ‘national’
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy ‘follower in one's retinue’
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós
Proto-Italic *sokjos ‘companion’
Latin sokios
Latin socius ‘sharing, joining in, partaking, associated’
Latin sociālis ‘of or pertaining to companionship’
French socia
German sozial ‘social’
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy ‘follower in one's retinue’
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós
Proto-Italic *sokjos ‘companion’
Latin sokios
Latin socius ‘sharing, joining in, partaking, associated’
Latin sociālis ‘of or pertaining to companionship’
French socia
German sozial ‘social’
German Sozialist ‘socialist / Socialist’
Every English word from German Nationalsozialist
Today it means
noun The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state capitalism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Nationalsozialist / Nazism