Where does “osmose” come from?

osmose (French) comes from Ancient Greek ὠσμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

osmose (French): osmosis

Definitions

  1. osmosis

Ancestry of “osmose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὠσμόςpush
2Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “osmose”

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