Where does “-ama” come from?

-ama (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -ame, from Latin -amen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

-ama (Portuguese): forms nouns indicating a disorderly group or...

Definitions

  1. forms nouns indicating a disorderly group or...

Ancestry of “-ama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-ameforms nouns indicating a group or collection of...
2Latin-amen—
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “-ama”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin -amen →