Where does “omenage” come from?
omenage (Old Portuguese) comes from Old Occitan homenatge, from Medieval Latin hominaticum, 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.
Ancestry of “omenage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | homenatge | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | hominaticum | homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'; homage |
| 3 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 4 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |