Where does “lobisomem” come from?

lobisomem (Portuguese) comes 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.

lobisomem (Portuguese): werewolf

Definitions

  1. werewolf

Ancestry of “lobisomem”, step by step

lobisomem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin homō

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

via Latin Lupus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
2Proto-Italiclukʷos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “lobisomem”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →