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Where does “Πομπήϊος” come from?

Πομπήϊος (Ancient Greek) comes from Latin Pompeius, from Oscan *pompe, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Ancestry of “Πομπήϊος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPompeius—
2Oscan*pompe—
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →