Where does “סאָציאַליזם” come from?

סאָציאַליזם (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.

סאָציאַליזם (Yiddish): socialism political philosophy of social and economic equality

Definitions

  1. socialism political philosophy of social and economic equality

Ancestry of “סאָציאַליזם”, step by step

סאָציאַליזם 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 סאָציאַל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishסאָציאַל—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek -ισμός →