Where does “La Fântâna Omului” come from?

La Fântâna Omului (Romanian) comes from Romanian om, 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.

Ancestry of “La Fântâna Omului”, step by step

La Fântâna Omului traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian om

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianomman; human; might
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 Romanian la

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlaat; to, towards; to wash
2Latinlavōto wash, bathe
3Proto-Italiclawaō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

via Romanian fântână

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfântânăwell; spring, source
2Latinfontānaspring, fountain, source
3Latinfontānusbearing a relation to the spring or source
4Latinfonsa spring, a fountain; fresh water, spring water;...
5Latinfontisgenitive singular of fōns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →