Where does “nanismu” come from?

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

nanismu (Asturian): dwarfism

Definitions

  1. dwarfism

Ancestry of “nanismu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturian-ismuism
2Latin-ismus-ism
3Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
4Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
5Proto-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 →