Where does “Lutheranism” come from?

Lutheranism derives from English Lutheran, formed with the English suffix -an from Martin Luther's name, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mós, an agent noun suffix.

Lutheranism (English): The Christian denomination based on the beliefs...

Definitions

  1. The Christian denomination based on the beliefs...

Ancestry of “Lutheranism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
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 English -ism →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →