Where does “scimpanzuomo” come from?

scimpanzuomo (Italian) comes from Italian uomo, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

scimpanzuomo (Italian): humanzee

Definitions

  1. humanzee

Ancestry of “scimpanzuomo”, step by step

scimpanzuomo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian uomo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianuomoperson, man; man; one
2Latinhomōhuman, person, man
3Old Latinhemō—
4Proto-Italichemōman
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
7Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
8Proto-Indo-European-mi—

via Italian scimpanzé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscimpanzéchimpanzee
2Frenchchimpanzéchimpanzee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →