Where does “analfabetismo” come from?

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

analfabetismo (Galician): illiteracy, analphabetism

Definitions

  1. illiteracy, analphabetism

Ancestry of “analfabetismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galician-ismo-ism
2Latin-ismus-ism
3Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
4Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mósEvery word from Ancient Greek -μόςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ισμός