Where does “Modernismus” come from?

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

Modernismus (German): modernism

Definitions

  1. modernism

Ancestry of “Modernismus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →