Where does “מאָרמאָניזם” come from?

מאָרמאָניזם (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־יזם, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

מאָרמאָניזם (Yiddish): Mormonism

Definitions

  1. Mormonism

Ancestry of “מאָרמאָניזם”, step by step

מאָרמאָניזם traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־יזם

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־יזם-ism
2Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
3Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

via Yiddish מאָרמאָן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishמאָרמאָןMormon; Latter-day Saint
2EnglishmormonAny of various dark-coloured Asian species of...
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