Where does “ho” come from?
ho (Galician) comes from Galician home, from Old Occitan ome, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm.
ho (Galician): !; used closing the sentence to bolster the...
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- !; used closing the sentence to bolster the...
Ancestry of “ho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | home | human; person; mankind; man |
| 2 | Old Occitan | ome | man |
| 3 | Latin | homō | — |
| 4 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |