Where does “namus” come from?

namus (Latin) comes from Latin no, from Proto-Italic snāō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

namus (Latin): first-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “namus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnoto swim; to float; to sail, flow, fly, etc
2Proto-Italicsnāōswim; bathe
3Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic snāō →Every word from Latin no →