transformism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-t

Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts

Proto-Italic *trāns

Proto-Italic *trāns-

Latin trāns-

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?

Latin fōrma

Latin fōrmō

Latin transformo

Old French transformer

Middle French transfourmerbor.

Middle English transformen

English transform

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English transformism

From transform + -ism.

Noun

transformism (countable and uncountable, plural transformisms)

1. (evolutionary theory) The doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter.

   Antonym: abiogenesis

   • 1893, Charles Letourneau, Sociology Based Upon Ethnography, page 552:

     In a word, the embryology and the taxinomy of the animal kinds, enlightened by the doctrine of transformism, show to us the slow acquisition of conscient life in the animal kingdom.

2. (politics) Synonym of trasformismo.

Derived terms

• transformist
• transformistic

Translations

the doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter

• French: transformisme (fr) m
• Italian: trasformismo (it) m
• Portuguese: transformismo (pt) m
• Spanish: transformismo (es) m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transformisme. By surface analysis, transforma +‎ -ism.

Noun

transformism n (uncountable)

1. transformism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	transformism	transformismul
genitive-dative	transformism	transformismului
vocative	transformismule