-isms

Latvian

suffix

Definitions

Added to nouns to form masculine nouns denoting action/process, systems, philosophies, principles, doctrines, ideologies, syndromes, peculiarities, or class names in general, just like its English cognate -ism.

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismos, -ism), -ισμα.

Origin

Ancient Greek

-ισμα

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-ism English
-ismus Latin
-isme French
-ισμα Ancient Greek
-ισμός Ancient Greek
-ism Swedish
-izam Serbo-Croatian
-изам Serbo-Croatian
-ισμός Greek (modern)
-изъм Bulgarian
־יזם Yiddish
-îzm Northern Kurdish
-im Volapük