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Where does “somouns” come from?

somouns (Middle English) comes from Old French sumunce, from Vulgar Latin summonsa, from Latin summoneo, from Latin moneō, from Proto-Italic moneō, from Proto-Indo-European monéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

somouns (Middle English): order or command to do something

Definitions

  1. order or command to do something

Ancestry of “somouns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsumunce—
2Vulgar Latinsummonsa—
3LatinsummoneoAlternative form of submoneō; to summon
4Latinmoneō—
5Proto-Italicmoneōto remind, to warn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmonéyeti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

Words derived from “somouns”

  • summons
  • saman
  • saman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European men- →