Where does “Mormonism” come from?

Mormonism derives from English Mormon plus the suffix -ισμός (Ancient Greek), from -μός (Ancient Greek), from Proto-Indo-European -mós, a suffix forming abstract nouns denoting states, conditions, or practices.

Mormonism (English): Religious, ideological, and cultural aspects of the various denominations of the Latter-day Saint movement

Definitions

  1. Religious, ideological, and cultural aspects of the various denominations of the Latter-day Saint movement

Ancestry of “Mormonism”, step by step

Mormonism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French mormonisme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchmormonismeMormonism
2FrenchmormonMormon
3EnglishmormonAny of various dark-coloured Asian species of...

via Swedish mormon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmormona Mormon

Words derived from “Mormonism”

Every word from English mormon →Every word from French mormon →Every word from French mormonisme →