English
entryism
Entryism comes from French entrer ‘to enter’, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros ‘inside, within’, and ultimately from *h₁én ‘in’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én1‘in’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁énteros1‘inside, within’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*interus1reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrā1
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrō1
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400entrer1‘to enter’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600entrer1‘to enter’
- Frenchc. 1600–presententrer1‘to enter’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presententrisme1
- English1500–presententrism1
- Englishearliest quotation 2018entryism1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English entryism
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2018, Heather Stewart, Brexit: Tory MPs warn of entryism threat from Leave.EU suppo: “Conservative MPs are warning of a risk of entryism…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁énWiktionary, English entryism‘in’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁énterosWiktionary, English entryism‘inside, within’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*interusWiktionary, English entryismreconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrāWiktionary, English entryism
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrōWiktionary, English entryism
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400entrerWiktionary, English entryism‘to enter’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600entrerWiktionary, English entryism‘to enter’
- Frenchc. 1600–presententrerWiktionary, English entryism‘to enter’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presententrismeWiktionary, English entryism
- English1500–presententrismWiktionary, English entryism
- Englishearliest quotation 2018entryismWiktionary, English entryism. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2018, Heather Stewart, Brexit: Tory MPs warn of entryism threat from Leave.EU suppo: “Conservative MPs are warning of a risk of entryism…”
Formed from entry + -ism
Latin intrā ‘within’
Latin intrō ‘to enter’
Old French entrer ‘to enter’
Old French entree
Middle English entre
English entry
The story
Previously spelt entrism, borrowed from French entrisme but reconstructed as entry + -ism.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
in, internal, indigenous, encounter, intimate, impulse, ensemble, intern, incubation, incense, intestine, endo, incubus, incubate, impel, agog, interregnum, intimation, censer, 30 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros ‘inside, within’
interior, introduce, intro, dysentery, enteral, 11 more
through Latin intrō
through Old French entrer ‘to enter’
through Middle French entrer ‘to enter’
Today it means
noun A political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits or to encourage an unelectable candidate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁én / entryism