Where does “rami” come from?
rami (Italian) comes from Italian ramo, from Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.
rami (Italian): plural of ramo; second-person singular present...
Definitions
- plural of ramo; second-person singular present...
Ancestry of “rami”, step by step
rami traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian ramo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ramo | branch; ramus, branch; fork |
| 2 | Latin | rāmus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *wrād-mo- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wréh₂ds | root |
via Italian ramare
| 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 |