English
Pilatism
From Pilate + -ism.
Formed from Pilate + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *peys- ‘to grind, to crush’
Proto-Indo-European *pistlom
Proto-Italic *pistlom
Latin pīlum ‘javelin, pestle’
Latin Pīlātus ‘a Roman cognomen’
English Pilate
Today it means
noun A refusal to take responsibility for ones actions
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Pilatism