Where does “-am” come from?

-am (Catalan) comes from Latin -amen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

-am (Catalan): indicates a collectivity

Definitions

  1. indicates a collectivity

Ancestry of “-am”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-am”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →