cretinismo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cretino

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der.

Latin -ismusbor.

Spanish -ismo

Spanish cretinismo

From cretino + -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾetiˈnismo/ [kɾe.t̪iˈniz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: cre‧ti‧nis‧mo

Noun

cretinismo m (plural cretinismos)

1. cretinism (the disease)

Further reading

• “cretinismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025