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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)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iz.mós/ → /izˈmos/ → /izˈmos/
Suffix
-ισμός • (-ismós) m (genitive -ισμοῦ); second declension
- Forms abstract nouns.
Declension
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Descendants
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós).
Suffix
-ισμός • (-ismós) m
- Forms masculine noun derivatives from nouns or substantive adjectives, and renders foreign words in modern Greek. Commonly translated to an ism in English:
- Isms philosophy, religion, politics, etc:
- βούδας (voúdas, “Buddha”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → βουδισμός (voudismós, “Buddhism”)
- Mαρξ (Marx, “Marx”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → μαρξισμός (marxismós, “Marxism”)
- behaviour, attutude, etc:
- ήρωας (íroas, “hero”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → ηρωισμός (iroïsmós, “heroism”)
- σεξ (sex, “sex”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → σεξισμός (sexismós, “sexism”)
- occupations, activities, etc:
- πρόσκοπος (próskopos, “Boy Scout”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → προσκοπισμός (proskopismós, “Scouting”)
- τερματίζω (termatízo, “to end”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → τερματισμός (termatismós, “termination, terminating”)
- language tendencies:
- γαλλική γλώσσα (gallikí glóssa, “French language”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → γαλλισμός (gallismós, “Gallicism”)
- disease, disability:
- αλκοόλ (alkoól, “alcohol”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → αλκοολισμός (alkoolismós, “alcoholism”)
- science, nature:
- μαγνήτης (magnítis, “magnet”) + -ισμός (-ismós) → μαγνητισμός (magnitismós, “magnetism”)
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