abīsmus

Meaning

1. Proto Western Romancereconstructionabyss

Declension

Origins

1. Proto-Indo-European*né
2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
4. Ancient Greek ἀ-(a-)
5. Latinabīsmus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-der. Ancient Greek βυθός (buthós) Ancient Greek ἄβῠσσος (ábŭssos)bor. Late Latin abyssus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismus? ▲ Late Latin abyssus Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥mos Proto-Indo-European *-is(t)m̥mós Proto-Italic *-isəmos Latin -issimus? Latin *abismus From Late Latin abyssus, with a suffix of uncertain provenance. Perhaps -ismus (borrowed from Greek) or -issimus, with a loss of the second /i/ and some kind of haplology, ending with a change in stress position.