Where does “bus” come from?

bus (French) comes from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus, from Latin omnis, from Proto-Italic opnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-ni-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep- — to work, toil, make; ability, force.

bus (French): bus; first-person singular past historic of...

Definitions

  1. bus; first-person singular past historic of...

Ancestry of “bus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchomnibusPertaining to a local; omnibus, bus
2Latinomnibusdative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine...
3Latinomnisevery; all
4Proto-Italicopnisevery, all
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ep-ni-sworking
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ep-to work, toil, make; ability, force

Words derived from “bus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-ni-s →Every word from Proto-Italic opnis →
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