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Where does “pământean” come from?

pământean (Romanian) comes from Romanian pământ, from Latin pavīmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

pământean (Romanian): earthling, human being, inhabitant of Earth or...

Definitions

  1. earthling, human being, inhabitant of Earth or...

Ancestry of “pământean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpământearth, ground
2Latinpavīmentum—
3Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
4Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →