Where does “-ισμός” come from?

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

-ισμός (Greek): A suffix that forms abstract nouns of action,...

Definitions

  1. A suffix that forms abstract nouns of action,...

Ancestry of “-ισμός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
2Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “-ισμός”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek -ισμός →