Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do-goodism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: do--good-ism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The action of a do-gooder.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English do good Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English do-goodism From do good + -ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

do-goodisms (plural)

Questions

What does do-goodism mean?: The action of a do-gooder.
Where does do-goodism come from?: Etymology tree English do good Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English do-goodism From do good + -ism.

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