Where does “italienism” come from?

italienism (Romanian) comes from Italian italianismo, from Italian -ismo, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

italienism (Romanian): Italianism

Definitions

  1. Italianism

Ancestry of “italienism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianitalianismoItalianism
2Italian-ismo-ism
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mósEvery word from Italian -ismoEvery word from Ancient Greek -μός