Where does “romani” come from?

romani (Italian) comes from Italian romano, from Latin romanus, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

romani (Italian): masculine plural of romano

Definitions

  1. masculine plural of romano

Ancestry of “romani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianromanoRoman; Roman Catholic; weight of a steelyard...
2LatinromanusRoman; Christian, sometimes "particularly"...
3Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from Latin -um →Every word from Latin -anus →