Where does “ֆաշիզմ” come from?
ֆաշիզմ (Armenian) comes from Russian фаши́зм, from Italian fascismo, from Italian -ismo, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.
ֆաշիզմ (Armenian): fascism; Nazism
Ancestry of “ֆաշիզմ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | фаши́зм | fascism |
| 2 | Italian | fascismo | Fascism, fascism |
| 3 | Italian | -ismo | -ism |
| 4 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |