Where does “omi” come from?
omi (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese homem, from Old Portuguese 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.
omi (Guinea-Bissau Creole): man
Definitions
- man
Ancestry of “omi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | homem | male; man; a person; a human being |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | ome | man |
| 3 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 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 | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |