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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

  1. A multiple race event in track cycling....

Ancestry of “omnium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinomniumgenitive masculine plural of omnis; genitive...
2Latinomnianominative neuter plural of omnis; accusative...
3Latinomnisevery; all
4Proto-Italicopnis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ep-ni-sworking
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ep-to work, toil, make; ability, force
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