Where does “Pompei” come from?

Pompei (Italian) comes from Latin Pompēiī, from Oscan *pompe, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Pompei (Italian): Pompeii (the ancient city)

Definitions

  1. Pompeii (the ancient city)

Ancestry of “Pompei”, step by step

Pompei traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Pompēiī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPompēiīPompeii a
2Oscan*pompefive
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Bourguignon ei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bourguignonei—

via Bourguignon pompe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bourguignonpompe—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →