Where does “πρίσμα” come from?

πρίσμα (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πρίσμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

πρίσμα (Greek): prism

Definitions

  1. prism

Ancestry of “πρίσμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekπρίσμαAnything sawn, sawdust; A prism
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek πρίσμα →