Where does “-ami” come from?

-ami (Aromanian) comes from Latin -amen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

-ami (Aromanian): used to form collective nouns from simple nouns;...

Definitions

  1. used to form collective nouns from simple nouns;...

Ancestry of “-ami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-amen—
2Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
3Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “-ami”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin -amen →