Where does “insomnious” come from?
insomnious (English) comes from Latin insomniosus, from Latin īnsomnia, from Latin īnsomnis, from Latin in- -is, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
insomnious (English): restless; sleepless
Definitions
- restless; sleepless
Ancestry of “insomnious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | insomniosus | sleepless |
| 2 | Latin | īnsomnia | sleeplessness, insomnia |
| 3 | Latin | īnsomnis | sleepless, unsleeping |
| 4 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |