Where does “uomo” come from?

uomo (Italian) comes 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.

uomo (Italian): person, man; man; one

Definitions

  1. person, man; man; one

Ancestry of “uomo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “uomo”

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