Where does “foramen” come from?

foramen (Spanish) comes from Latin forāmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

foramen (Spanish): foramen

Definitions

  1. foramen

Ancestry of “foramen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinforāmenan opening or aperture produced by boring; a hole
2Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
3Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin forāmen →