Where does “-ume” come from?

-ume (Italian) comes from Latin -umen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

-ume (Italian): Used to form nouns, often derived from...

Definitions

  1. Used to form nouns, often derived from...

Ancestry of “-ume”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-ume”

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