Where does “ציונות” come from?

ציונות (Hebrew) comes from German Zionismus, 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.

ציונות (Hebrew): Zionism

Definitions

  1. Zionism

Ancestry of “ציונות”, step by step

ציונות traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zionismus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZionismusZionism
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 Hebrew ציון

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewציוןlandmark; note; marking
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek -ισμός →