Where does “Zionism” come from?

Zionism derives from Zion through the Ancient Greek suffix -ισμός, itself from -μός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mós, a formative element for creating abstract nouns denoting states or conditions.

Zionism (English): Jewish nationalism, the movement which supported...

Definitions

  1. Jewish nationalism, the movement which supported...

Ancestry of “Zionism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZionismusZionism
2German-ismus-ism
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “Zionism”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek -ισμός →