Where does “-isme” come from?

-isme (French) comes from Latin -isma, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

-isme (French): -ism, variant of -isme following vowels

Definitions

  1. -ism, variant of -isme following vowels

Ancestry of “-isme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ismaAlternative form of -ismus; -ism
2Latin-ismus-ism
3Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
4Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “-isme”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →