Where does “-im” come from?

-im (Volapük) comes from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

-im (Volapük): ism

Definitions

  1. ism

Ancestry of “-im”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
2Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “-im”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek -ισμός →