Where does “lerciume” come from?

lerciume (Italian) comes from Italian -ume, from Latin -umen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

lerciume (Italian): filth

Definitions

  1. filth

Ancestry of “lerciume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-umeUsed to form nouns, often derived from...
2Latin-umen—
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Italian -ume →