Etymograph

English

Sebastianism

Sebastianism comes from Portuguese Sebastião.

  1. Portuguesec. 1500–presentSebastião
  2. Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentsebastianismo
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1992Sebastianism

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Portuguesec. 1500–presentSebastião
  2. Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentsebastianismo
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1992Sebastianism

Earliest quotation: 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America: “Sebastianism kept alive the spirit of independence in a…”

Equivalent to Sebastian + ism

Ancient Greek Σεβαστός ‘august, venerable, exalted’

Latin Sebastiānus

English Sebastian

Every English word from Portuguese Sebastião

Today it means

noun The folkloric belief that King Sebastian of Portugal (1554–1578) will return from the dead to lead the Portuguese or Brazilian people as a messiah.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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