Where does “antiuomo” come from?
antiuomo (Italian) comes from Italian uomo, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.
antiuomo (Italian): antipersonnel
Definitions
- antipersonnel
Ancestry of “antiuomo”, step by step
antiuomo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian uomo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | uomo | person, man; man; one |
| 2 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 3 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via Italian anti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | anti | Alternative form of ante; before, in front of |
| 2 | Italian | ante | afore, ere; before, earlier; rather than,... |
| 3 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |