Where does “náma” come from?
náma (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish námae, from Proto-Celtic nāmants, from Proto-Celtic amati, from Indonesian -i, from Malay -i, from English -ee, from French -ée, from Middle French -ee — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
náma (Middle Irish): enemy
Definitions
- enemy
Ancestry of “náma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | námae | enemy |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | nāmants | enemy |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | amati | to love |
| 4 | Indonesian | -i | verbal suffix for manipulating, completing, or placing the object from a noun |
| 5 | Malay | -i | locative, repetitive, or exhaustive; added to... |
| 6 | English | -ee | Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a... |
| 7 | French | -ée | Forming feminine nouns having the sense of... |
| 8 | Middle French | -ee | forms a feminine noun indicating a quantity or content measured by what the base noun denotes, often translatable as |
| 9 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |