Etymograph

English

omnium

Omnium comes from Latin omnis ‘all, every’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-ni-s ‘working’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ep-ni-s‘working’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*opnis‘every, all’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEomnis‘all, every’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEomniumliterally ‘of all’genitive plural of omnis
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1855same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ep-ni-s‘working’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*opnis‘every, all’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEomnis‘all, every’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEomniumliterally ‘of all’genitive plural of omnis
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1855same form

Earliest quotation: 1855, Charles Fenn, Fenn's Compendium of the English and Foreign Funds: “When a loan is contracted , the prices of…”

Linked words

through Latin omnis ‘all, every’

bus, omnibus, omnivore, 2 more

Today it means

noun A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-ni-s / omnium

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