Where does “ציוניזם” come from?

ציוניזם (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.

ציוניזם (Yiddish): Zionism

Definitions

  1. Zionism

Ancestry of “ציוניזם”, step by step

ציוניזם 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 ציון

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishציוןZion
2Biblical Hebrewצִיּוֹן—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek -ισμός →