-ισμός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Rebracketing of the suffix -μός (-mós) appended to verbs in -ίζω (-ízō) / -ίζομαι (-ízomai), such as in λογισμός (logismós) (λογίζομαι (logízomai) + -μός (-mós)).

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    Suffix

    -ισμός (-ismósm (genitive -ισμοῦ); second declension

    1. Forms abstract nouns.

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    • Latin: -ismus

    Greek

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós).

    Suffix

    -ισμός (-ismósm

    1. Forms masculine noun derivatives from nouns or substantive adjectives, and renders foreign words in modern Greek. Commonly translated to an ism in English:
      1. Isms philosophy, religion, politics, etc:
        βούδας (voúdas, Buddha) + ‎-ισμός (-ismós) → ‎βουδισμός (voudismós, Buddhism)
        Mαρξ (Marx, Marx) + ‎-ισμός (-ismós) → ‎μαρξισμός (marxismós, Marxism)
      2. behaviour, attutude, etc:
        ήρωας (íroas, hero) + ‎-ισμός (-ismós) → ‎ηρωισμός (iroïsmós, heroism)
        σεξ (sex, sex) + ‎-ισμός (-ismós) → ‎σεξισμός (sexismós, sexism)
      3. occupations, activities, etc:
        πρόσκοπος (próskopos, Boy Scout) + ‎-ισμός (-ismós) → ‎προσκοπισμός (proskopismós, Scouting)
        τερματίζω (termatízo, to end) + ‎-ισμός (-ismós) → ‎τερματισμός (termatismós, termination, terminating)
      4. language tendencies:
        γαλλική γλώσσα (gallikí glóssa, French language) + ‎-ισμός (-ismós) → ‎γαλλισμός (gallismós, Gallicism)
      5. disease, disability:
        αλκοόλ (alkoól, alcohol) + ‎-ισμός (-ismós) → ‎αλκοολισμός (alkoolismós, alcoholism)
      6. science, nature:
        μαγνήτης (magnítis, magnet) + ‎-ισμός (-ismós) → ‎μαγνητισμός (magnitismós, magnetism)

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