Where does “gigantisms” come from?
gigantisms (Latvian) comes from Latvian -isms, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.
gigantisms (Latvian): gigantism
Ancestry of “gigantisms”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | -isms | Added to nouns to form masculine nouns denoting... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |