English
omi
Omi may come from Italian uomo ‘man’.
- Italianc. 1300–presentuomo‘man’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1967omi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentuomo‘man’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1967omi
Earliest quotation: 1967, Kenneth Horne, Bona Bijou Tourettes (Round the Horne): “Divine. Sitting, sipping a tiny drinkette, vadaïng the great…”
The story
Probably borrowed from Italian uomo (‘man’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‘human’
through Proto-Italic *hemō ‘man’
inhumane, humanely, inhumanity, 6 more
through Latin hemō
humanity, humane, inhuman, homophobia, humanoid, 9 more
through Latin homō ‘human, person, man’
human, homage, homo, hombre, ombre, homunculus, hominin, 13 more
Today it means
noun A man.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian uomo / omi