noun, masculine/kulˈtismo/plural: cultismos
inkhorn term (obscure or affected word); learned borrowing
“A favor de Rambert hay que decir que su cultismo no es un accidente.”
Etymology tree Spanish culto 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 -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. Spanish -ismo Spanish cultismo From culto (“learned, educated”) + -ismo.