Where does “forāmen” come from?

forāmen (Latin) comes from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

forāmen (Latin): an opening or aperture produced by boring; a hole

Definitions

  1. an opening or aperture produced by boring; a hole

Ancestry of “forāmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
2Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “forāmen”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →