Where does “terrorizëm” come from?

terrorizëm (Albanian) comes from Albanian -izëm, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

terrorizëm (Albanian): terrorism

Definitions

  1. terrorism

Ancestry of “terrorizëm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanian-izëmism
2Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
3Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek -ισμός →