Where does “Somme” come from?
Somme (French) comes from Old French somme, from Latin summa, from Latin summus, from Proto-Italic supemos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)úp-m̥mo-s, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
Somme (French): sum; total
Definitions
- sum; total
Ancestry of “Somme”, step by step
Somme traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French somme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | somme | — |
| 2 | Latin | summa | top, summit, highest point or place; the... |
| 3 | Latin | summus | highest, greatest, the most high; top, on top |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | supemos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)úp-m̥mo-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via Latin somnus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | somnus | sleep; drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness; death |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | swepnos | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swépnos | sleep, slumber |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swopnos | dream |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swep- | to sleep |
via Late Latin sauma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | sauma | packsaddle; burden saddle, burden |
| 2 | Latin | sagma | saddle |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σάγμα | A covering, a clothing; the covering of a shield;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σάττω | to stuff quite full, cram, pack; to press close,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | twenk- | to press, squeeze; to squeeze, press, pressure |