Goropism

Quick meaning: Goropism is a noun meaning An absurd etymology proposed as part of such a hypothesis.

Meaning

An absurd etymology proposed as part of such a hypothesis.

More Meanings

1. A hypothesis, similar to the one originally propounded by Goropius which is now discredited, that some attested or modern language such as Dutch, Hebrew, or Turkish was the original language of human beings.

Example Sentences

But lest we be accused of textual goropism, we should take a closer look at the evidence.

He [Johannes Goropius Becanus] produced a string of arguments whose level of etymological wishful thinking matched those of Isidore and [Estienne] Guichard; they later became known as ‘becanisms’ or ‘goropisms’.

[B]ased upon a helio-centric view of the origin of civilization and human languages, the theory claimed that the Turkish language was the language which all civilized languages derived from. Thanks to goropism, some remarkable results were obtained: the word for school is derived from Turkish okul (school). God is from Turkish kut (luck). Bulletin is from belleten^([sic – meaning belletmek]) (to learn by hearth^([sic – meaning heart])). Electric is from Uyghur yaltrik (shine).

Word Forms

• goropisms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include glottogony, protolinguistics, polyglottology, anomalism, protology, anthropogeny.

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