Where does “-um-” come from?

-um- (Esperanto) comes from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

-um- (Esperanto): related in an unspecific way

Definitions

  1. related in an unspecific way

Ancestry of “-um-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
2Proto-Italic*-om—
3Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “-um-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from Latin -um →Every word from Proto-Italic *-om →
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