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

  1. lawyer

Ancestry of “loman”, step by step

loman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin lo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinlolaw
2EnglishLawperhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound
3EnglishspeakerOne who speaks; Loudspeaker; Speakerphone
4English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
8Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Tok Pisin man

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinmanman; male
2EnglishMANInitialism of Metropolitan Area Network
3EnglishmanualA handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage...
4Middle Englishmanuel
5Anglo-Normanmanuelmanual; done with the hands; handle; manual;...
6Old Frenchmanual
7Latinmanuālishand
8Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
9Proto-Italicmanushand
10Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine