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