Where does “dormì” come from?

dormì (Neapolitan) comes from Latin dormire, from Latin dormio, from Proto-Italic dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European drem- — to run.

dormì (Neapolitan): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “dormì”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindormirepresent active infinitive of dormiō; to sleep, to...
2LatindormioI sleep
3Proto-Italicdormiōto sleep
4Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem- →Every word from Proto-Italic dormiō →Every word from Latin dormio →