where does the words "sapphism"&"lesbianism"come from?

Answer 1

Greek Islands, you should google for complete answer

Answer 2

In roman times, a woman named Sappho ran a girl's finishing school on the island of Lesbos. Residents of the island were called Lesbians. So Lesbian meant nothing more than Austrian, Australian, Canadian, etc., i.e. "resident of". As the only thing on the island was the finishing school, all Lesbians were, obviously female. Over the course of time, this purely residential reference has come to be replaced with one denoting sexual preference.

Answer 3

Sapho was an ancient Greek poetess and was the first woman ever known that she had relationships with women. Sapho was born in the Greek island Lesbos and all the women having a relationship with women are called lesbians after her

Answer 4

Safo was a greek poet, born in the island of Lesbos. Since greeks didn't accept female poets, she signed her poems as if she was a male. That were 'Lesbianism' comes from

Answer 5

Sappho was a Greek poet born in Lesbos. She was pretty clearly gay, and so she became the symbol for what we now call lesbianism.

Answer 6

Sappho was a female poet who lived on the island of Lesbos. Her poetry made it very clear that she loved women.

Answer 7

Lesbian is from the island of Lesbos...