Where does “nystagmus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nystagmus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nystagmus”

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