Etymograph

English

infimum

Infimum comes from Latin infimum ‘lowest part’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰ-m̥mó-s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)n̥dʰ-m̥mó-sHreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*enðemosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfimus‘lowest’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfimum‘lowest part’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)n̥dʰ-m̥mó-sHreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*enðemosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfimus‘lowest’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfimum‘lowest part’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰ-m̥mó-s

Today it means

noun (of a subset) the greatest element of the containing set that is smaller than or equal to all elements of the subset. The infimum may or may not be a member of the subset.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰ-m̥mó-s / infimum

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