Where does “panslavist” come from?
panslavist (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian panslavìzam, from Serbo-Croatian -izam, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.
panslavist (Serbo-Croatian): Panslavist
Ancestry of “panslavist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | panslavìzam | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | -izam | -ism |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |