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Where does “Gelasma” come from?

Gelasma (English) comes from Ancient Greek γέλασμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Ancestry of “Gelasma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγέλασμαsmile; cause of laughter
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
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