Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nannyism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nan-ny-ism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The behaviour of a nanny state.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English nanny 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 nannyism From nanny + -ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does nannyism mean?: The behaviour of a nanny state.
Where does nannyism come from?: Etymology tree English nanny 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 nannyism From nanny + -ism.

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