Where does “-ame” come from?

-ame (Italian) comes from Latin -amen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

-ame (Italian): foglia + API → fogliame; bestia + API →...

Definitions

  1. foglia + API → fogliame; bestia + API →...

Ancestry of “-ame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-amen—
2Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
3Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “-ame”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin -amen →
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