Where does “-izm” come from?

-izm (Polish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـیزم, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

-izm (Polish): -ism

Definitions

  1. -ism

Ancestry of “-izm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـیزم—
2Latin-ismus-ism
3Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
4Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “-izm”

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