Where does “behaviorismus” come from?

behaviorismus (Czech) comes from English behaviorism, from English -ism, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

behaviorismus (Czech): behaviorism approach to psychology focusing on behavior

Definitions

  1. behaviorism approach to psychology focusing on behavior

Ancestry of “behaviorismus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbehaviorismAn approach to psychology focusing on observable...
2English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mósEvery word from English -ismEvery word from Ancient Greek -μός
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