Where does “кретенизам” come from?
кретенизам (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -изам, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.
кретенизам (Serbo-Croatian): cretinism; idiocy, dumbness
Definitions
- cretinism; idiocy, dumbness
Ancestry of “кретенизам”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | -изам | -ism |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |