Where does “osmoză” come from?

osmoză (Romanian) comes from French osmose, from Ancient Greek ὠσμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

osmoză (Romanian): osmosis

Definitions

  1. osmosis

Ancestry of “osmoză”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchosmoseosmosis
2Ancient Greekὠσμόςpush
3Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek ὠσμός →