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Where does “dormi” come from?

dormi (Italian) comes from Italian dormire, from Latin dormiō, from Proto-Italic dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European drem- — to run.

dormi (Italian): third-person singular indicative past historic of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular indicative past historic of...

Ancestry of “dormi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandormireto sleep
2Latindormiō—
3Proto-Italicdormiōto sleep
4Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem- →