Where does “omnium” come from?
Omnium comes from Latin omnium, the genitive plural of Latin omnis, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-.
omnium (English): A multiple race event in track cycling....
Definitions
- A multiple race event in track cycling....
Ancestry of “omnium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | omnium | genitive masculine plural of omnis; genitive... |
| 2 | Latin | omnia | nominative neuter plural of omnis; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | opnis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |