Where does “-um” come from?

-um (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

-um (Latin): nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...

Definitions

  1. nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...

Ancestry of “-um”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*-om
2Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

Words derived from “-um

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom
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