English
classicism
From classic + -ism.
A compound of classic + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call out to’
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Proto-Italic *klāssis
Latin classis ‘class, division of citizens; fleet’
Latin classicus ‘of the highest class of citizens’
French classique
English classic
Today it means
noun All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.
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Etymograph / classicism