LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
suffix · masculinesecond declension

-ismus

-ismus m (genitive -ismī)
Classical[ɪs.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[iz.mus]

Meaning

  1. masculinemorpheme-ism; Suffixed to nouns or verbs to forms masculine abstract nouns of practice (action or incidence), result, teaching (doctrine or philosophy), or status (state or condition) related to the thing or action so suffixed

Origins

  1. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω(-ĭ́zō)
  2. Ancient Greek -μός(-mós)
  3. Latin-ismus

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismus Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós), a suffix that forms abstract nouns of practice or teaching (doctrine), which itself is from the stem of verbs in -ίζω (-ízō).

Descendants
  • Italian-ismo
  • English-ismus
  • French-isme
  • German-ismus
  • Portuguese-ismo
  • Romanian-ism
  • Spanish-ismo
  • Interlingua-ismofrom Italian -ismo
  • Sicilian-ismufrom Italian -ismo
  • Alemannic German-ismus

Quick answers

What does -ismus mean in Latin?
-ismus, a suffix, means “-ism; Suffixed to nouns or verbs to forms masculine abstract nouns of practice (action or incidence), result, teaching (doctrine or philosophy), or status (state or condition) related to the thing or action so suffixed”.
How do you pronounce -ismus?
In classical Latin, [ɪs.mʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iz.mus].
Where does -ismus come from?
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) → Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) → Latin -ismus.