Where does “loman” come from?
loman (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin lo, from English Law, from English speaker, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.
loman (Tok Pisin): lawyer
Definitions
- lawyer
Ancestry of “loman”, step by step
loman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tok Pisin lo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | lo | law |
| 2 | English | Law | perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound |
| 3 | English | speaker | One who speaks; Loudspeaker; Speakerphone |
| 4 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 5 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 7 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 8 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Tok Pisin man
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | man | man; male |
| 2 | English | MAN | Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network |
| 3 | English | manual | A handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage... |
| 4 | Middle English | manuel | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | manuel | manual; done with the hands; handle; manual;... |
| 6 | Old French | manual | — |
| 7 | Latin | manuālis | hand |
| 8 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |