English
immaculism
From immaculate + -ism.
Formed from immaculate + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *smeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *smh₂-tló-m ‘wiping (?)’
Latin maculātus ‘stained, spotted’
Latin immaculātus ‘unstained’
Middle English immaculat
English immaculate
Today it means
noun Belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / immaculism