## Etymology
From racial + -ism; racial from race + -al, race from Middle French race, from Italian razza ('breed, lineage'), of uncertain ultimate origin.

## AI Etymology
Racialism comes from racial + -ism; racial from race + -al, race from Middle French race, from Italian razza ('breed, lineage'), of uncertain ultimate origin. The historical chain includes Middle French race and Italian razza. Older glosses in the chain include "breed, lineage", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, racialism is best read as compound, suffixal formation, borrowing, and uncertain formation, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "belief in the superiority of one race; racial prejudice". English derivatives include racialist; related forms include race, racial, racist, and racism. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

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