Where does “linimen” come from?

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

linimen (Latin): grease

Definitions

  1. grease

Ancestry of “linimen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
2Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →
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