Where does “valvolame” come from?
valvolame (Italian) comes from Italian -ame, from Latin -amen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
valvolame (Italian): valves
Ancestry of “valvolame”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | -ame | foglia + API → fogliame; bestia + API →... |
| 2 | Latin | -amen | — |
| 3 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |