Where does “īnsomnis” come from?
īnsomnis (Latin) comes from Latin in- -is, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
īnsomnis (Latin): sleepless, unsleeping
Ancestry of “īnsomnis”, step by step
īnsomnis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin in- -is
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin somnus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | somnus | sleep; drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness; death |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | swepnos | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swépnos | sleep, slumber |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swopnos | dream |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swep- | to sleep |
Words derived from “īnsomnis”