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
- masculine plural of romano
Ancestry of “romani”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | romano | Roman; Roman Catholic; weight of a steelyard... |
| 2 | Latin | romanus | Roman; Christian, sometimes "particularly"... |
| 3 | Latin | -anus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |