Etymograph

English

rascalism

From rascal + -ism.

Formed from rascal + -ism

Old French rascaille ‘outcast, rabble’

Middle English rascaile ‘people of the lowest class, rabble of an army’

English rascal

Today it means

noun The behaviour of a rascal; villainy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / rascalism