Where does “-um” come from?

-um (Catalan) comes from Latin -umen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

-um (Catalan): used to form nouns, usually with a collective and pejorative connotation

Definitions

  1. used to form nouns, usually with a collective and pejorative connotation

Ancestry of “-um”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-um”

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