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Where does “-ῐσμός” come from?

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

-ῐσμός (Ancient Greek): Forms abstract nouns

Definitions

  1. Forms abstract nouns

Ancestry of “-ῐσμός”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-ῐσμός”

  • possible
  • impossible
  • possibility
  • possibly
  • criticism
  • terrorism
  • tourism
  • capitalism
  • nationalism
  • Buddhism
  • metabolism
  • patriotism
  • realism
  • journalism
  • impossibility
  • socialism
  • bowel
  • liberalism
  • optimism
  • activism
  • imperialism
  • communism
  • colonialism
  • individualism
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