Where does “τερματισμός” come from?

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

τερματισμός (Greek): final, terminating (used as a gerund), termination

Definitions

  1. final, terminating (used as a gerund), termination

Ancestry of “τερματισμός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greek-ισμόςA suffix that forms abstract nouns of action,...
2Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
3Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
4Proto-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
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