English
machismo
Machismo comes from Spanish machismo ‘male chauvinism, misogyny, sexism’, and goes back to Latin mās.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmās‘male’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmasculus‘male’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEmasclus‘syncopated form of masculus (“male”)’contracted form of masculus
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500maslo‘male’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmacho‘male’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentmachismo‘male chauvinism, misogyny, sexism’
- Englishearliest quotation 1971machismo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmās‘male’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmasculus‘male’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEmasclus‘syncopated form of masculus (“male”)’contracted form of masculus
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500maslo‘male’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmacho‘male’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentmachismo‘male chauvinism, misogyny, sexism’
- Englishearliest quotation 1971machismo
Earliest quotation: 1971, Germaine Greer, My Mailer Problem: “The tragedy of machismo is that a man is…”
first attested First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (“male”), + suffix -ismo (“-ism”) (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (‘male’), + suffix -ismo (‘-ism’).
Linked words
through Latin mās ‘male’
married, marriage, marry, marital, 8 more
through Latin masculus ‘male’
masculine, masculinity, 3 more
through Vulgar Latin masclus ‘syncopated form of masculus (“male”)’
through Spanish macho ‘male’
Today it means
noun An excessive masculine pride, exaggerated masculinity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mās / machismo