Where does “omertà” come from?

omertà (Italian) comes from Italian umiltà, from Latin humilitās, from Latin humilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

omertà (Italian): Alternative form of umiltà; An omertà or any code...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of umiltà; An omertà or any code...

Ancestry of “omertà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianumiltàhumility
2Latinhumilitāsinsignificance, lowliness, unimportance
3Latinhumilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean,...
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “omertà”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin humilis →