Where does “nemo” come from?

nemo (Latin) comes from Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

nemo (Latin): nobody, no one, no man

Definitions

  1. nobody, no one, no man

Ancestry of “nemo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhemō
2Proto-Italichemōman
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
5Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
6Proto-Indo-European-mi

Words derived from “nemo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -miEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -ōmEvery word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm
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