Where does “-ismus” come from?

-ismus (Luxembourgish) comes 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.

-ismus (Luxembourgish): -ism

Definitions

  1. -ism

Ancestry of “-ismus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-ismus-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 →