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
Ancestry of “nemo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | hemō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
Words derived from “nemo”