Where does “rama” come from?
rama (Italian) comes from Italian ramare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
rama (Italian): inflection of ramare: ## third-person singular...
Definitions
- inflection of ramare: ## third-person singular...
Ancestry of “rama”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ramare | to cover or plate with copper; to apply copper... |
| 2 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |