English
future shock
From future + shock.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to become’
Latin sum ‘to be’
Latin futūrus ‘about to be’
Old French futur
Middle English future ‘a future action or doing’
English future
Proto-Germanic *skukkaną ‘to move, shake, tremble’
Old Dutch *skokkan ‘to shake up and down’
Middle Dutch schokken ‘to push, jolt, shake’
English shock
The story
Coined by American writer, futurist and businessman Alvin Toffler in his 1970 book Future Shock, written together with his spouse Adelaide Farrell.
Today it means
noun A sense of being unable to cope with a large amount of societal or technological change that has taken place in a relatively short time.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / future shock