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
Ancestry of “dormì”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | dormire | present active infinitive of dormiō; to sleep, to... |
| 2 | Latin | dormio | I sleep |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | dormiō | to sleep |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | drem- | to run |