Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ietsism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
iet-sism
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unspecified belief in an undefined transcendent reality.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Dutch iets 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 -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismusbor. French -ismebor. Dutch -isme Dutch ietsismebor. English Ietsism Borrowed from Dutch ietsisme. By surface analysis, Dutch iets (“something”) + English -ism.

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Questions

What does ietsism mean?
An unspecified belief in an undefined transcendent reality.
Where does ietsism come from?
Etymology tree Dutch iets 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 -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismusbor. French -ismebor. Dutch -isme Dutch ietsismebor. English Ietsism Borrowed from Dutch ietsisme. By surface analysis, Dutch iets (“something”) + English -ism.

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