Where does “vampirism” come from?
Vampirism comes from English vampire plus the suffix -ism, derived from Ancient Greek -ισμός and -μός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mós, a suffix forming abstract nouns.
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Ancestry of “vampirism”, step by step
vampirism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French vampirisme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vampirisme | vampirism |
| 2 | French | -ïsme | -ism, variant of -isme following vowels |
| 3 | Latin | -isma | Alternative form of -ismus; -ism |
| 4 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |