Where does “-ismus” come from?

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

-ismus (English): Forming compound nouns describing a condition or...

Definitions

  1. Forming compound nouns describing a condition or...

Ancestry of “-ismus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ismus-ism
2Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
3Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “-ismus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →