Where does “òmetìn” come from?

òmetìn (Ligurian) comes from Ligurian òmétto, from Ligurian òmmo, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm.

òmetìn (Ligurian): little man

Definitions

  1. little man

Ancestry of “òmetìn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ligurianòméttolittle man
2Ligurianòmmoman
3Latinhomōhuman, person, man
4Old Latinhemō—
5Proto-Italichemōman
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
8Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
9Proto-Indo-European-mi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →
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