Where does “-um-” come from?

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

-um- (Ido): suffix to be used only in specific cases where...

Definitions

  1. suffix to be used only in specific cases where...

Ancestry of “-um-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-um-related in an unspecific way
2Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
3Proto-Italic*-om—
4Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “-um-”

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