Where does “òme” come from?

òme (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan omne, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

òme (Occitan): man

Definitions

  1. man

Ancestry of “òme”, step by step

òme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Occitan omne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanomne—
2Latinhomōhuman, person, man
3Old Latinhemō—
4Proto-Italichemōman
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
7Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
8Proto-Indo-European-mi—

via Old Occitan ome

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanomeman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →