Where does “-ισμός” come from?

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

-ισμός (Ancient Greek): Forms abstract nouns

Definitions

  1. Forms abstract nouns

Ancestry of “-ισμός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
2Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “-ισμός

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mósEvery word from Ancient Greek -μός