Where does “nistagmo” come from?

nistagmo (Italian) comes from New Latin nystagmus, from Ancient Greek νυσταγμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

nistagmo (Italian): nystagmus

Definitions

  1. nystagmus

Ancestry of “nistagmo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinnystagmus—
2Ancient Greekνυσταγμόςdrowsiness
3Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “nistagmo”

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