"abismus" meaning in Latin

See abismus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /aˈbismos/ Forms: abīsmus [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], /aˈbismos/ [nominative, singular], /aˈbismi/ [nominative, plural], /aˈbismu/ [oblique, singular], /aˈbismos/ [oblique, plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|abyssus}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "bottomless pit", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἀ-", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "grc" }, { "gloss" : "depth of the sea", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰewb-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βυθός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἄβῠσσος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "abyssus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "*abismus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="*abismus"> Head templates: {{head|la|noun|g=m|head=*abīsmus}} *abīsmus m, {{tlb|la|PWR}} (Proto-Western-Romance)
  1. abyss Tags: Proto-Western-Romance, reconstruction
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