Where does “neuma” come from?

neuma (Medieval Latin) comes from Ancient Greek νεῦμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Ancestry of “neuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνεῦμαnod, sign; expression of will, command; approval,...
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “neuma”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek νεῦμα →