Where does “orientalismo” come from?

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

orientalismo (Italian): orientalism

Definitions

  1. orientalism

Ancestry of “orientalismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-ismo-ism
2Latin-ismus-ism
3Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
4Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Italian -ismo →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →