Where does “pecorume” come from?

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

pecorume (Italian): servile people; cowardice, servility

Definitions

  1. servile people; cowardice, servility

Ancestry of “pecorume”, 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 →