Where does “Pompeo” come from?

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

Pompeo (Italian): Pompey

Definitions

  1. Pompey

Ancestry of “Pompeo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPompeiusof or relating to Pompeii, Pompeian
2Oscan*pompefive
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →