Where does “humos” come from?

humos (Romanian) comes from Romanian humă, from Greek χώμα, from Ancient Greek χῶμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

humos (Romanian): clayey

Definitions

  1. clayey

Ancestry of “humos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianhumăclay
2Greekχώμαearth, soil, dirt, mould
3Ancient Greekχῶμαheaped earth
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek χῶμα →