English
accommodationism
Accommodationism comes from Latin accommodātiōnem.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccommodātiōnem
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaccommodation
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 2007accommodationism
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccommodātiōnem
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaccommodation
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 2007accommodationism
Earliest quotation: 2007, Dr Jason J McDonald, American Ethnic History: “Other historians argue that accommodationism has been the prevalent…”
A compound of com- + commodus ‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful,…’ + commodum + commodō ‘to lend or hire’ + accommodō
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’
Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’
Proto-Italic *medos ‘measure’
Latin modus ‘measure’
Latin commodus ‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’
Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’
Proto-Italic *medos ‘measure’
Latin modus ‘measure’
Latin commodus ‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming’
Latin commodum
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’
Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’
Proto-Italic *medos ‘measure’
Latin modus ‘measure’
Latin commodus ‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming’
Latin commodum
Latin commodō ‘to lend or hire’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’
Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’
Proto-Italic *medos ‘measure’
Latin modus ‘measure’
Latin commodus ‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming’
Latin commodum
Latin commodō ‘to lend or hire’
Latin accommodō
Every English word from Latin accommodātiōnem
Today it means
noun A policy of being accommodating; in particular, of accommodating an opposition (e.g. politically), especially with regard to established religions (state religions), freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin accommodātiōnem / accommodationism