eş: truisme, vérité de La Palice, vérité de La Palisse
köken: From the name of Jacques de la Palice (a French nobleman and military officer, died in the Battle of Pavia, 1525) + -ade. His epitaph reads ci gît Monſieur de la Palice: s'il n'était pas mort, il ferait encore envie (“here lies the lord of La Palice: if he weren't dead, he would still be envied”). However, due to the similarity between the letters ⟨f⟩ and ⟨ſ⟩ (long s), it was misread…
köken: Etymology tree English true 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 truismbor. Polish truizm Borrowed from English truism.
köken: Internationalism, analogous to English commonplace, German Gemeinplatz, French lieu commun etc. Calque of Latin locus commūnis, from Ancient Greek κοινὸς τόπος (koinòs tópos). Equivalent to köz (“public, general, common”) + hely (“place”).