-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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