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Where does “iūdaismus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “iūdaismus”, step by step

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