Where does “Gomes” come from?

Gomes (Portuguese) comes from Middle English gōme, from Old English guma, from Proto-Germanic gumô, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰm̥mō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

Ancestry of “Gomes”, step by step

Gomes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English gōme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishgōmeA man; a male human being
2Old Englishgumaman, hero
3Proto-Germanicgumôman
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰm̥mōearthling, human
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
6Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
7Proto-Indo-European-mi

via Old Portuguese Gomez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PortugueseGomez
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi
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