Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

berberism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: berberism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Berber cultural nationalism

noun

A word originating in a Berber language.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros)bor. Arabic بَرْبَر (barbar) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy)bor. English Berber 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 Berberism From Berber + -ism.

Inflected Forms

Berberisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Berberist

Synonyms

Amazighism

Questions

What does berberism mean?: Berber cultural nationalism
Where does berberism come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros)bor. Arabic بَرْبَر (barbar) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy)bor. English Berber 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 Berberism From Berber + -ism.

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