Where does “Sprachpurismus” come from?

Sprachpurismus (German) comes from German Purismus, 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.

Sprachpurismus (German): linguistic purism

Definitions

  1. linguistic purism

Ancestry of “Sprachpurismus”, step by step

Sprachpurismus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Purismus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPurismuspurism
2German-ismus-ism
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

via German sprāche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprāchelanguage body of words, and set of methods of combining them
2Middle High Germansprāche—
3Old High Germansprāhha—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek -ισμός →