Where does “bestiame” come from?
bestiame (Italian) comes from Italian -ame, from Latin -amen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
bestiame (Italian): cattle and sheep etc. considered as an...
Definitions
- cattle and sheep etc. considered as an...
Ancestry of “bestiame”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | -ame | foglia + API → fogliame; bestia + API →... |
| 2 | Latin | -amen | — |
| 3 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |