Where does “omenos” come from?
omenos (Romanian) comes from Romanian os, from Latin ossum, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.
omenos (Romanian): humane
Ancestry of “omenos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | os | bone |
| 2 | Latin | ossum | bone; kernel, stone |
| 3 | Latin | ōs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | ōs | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ésth₁ | bone |