Remus
Latin
proper noun
Definitions
- (Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Romulus
- a Latin cognomen
Etymology
Inherited from Old Latin *jemos (twin) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *yémHos (connected, paired, twin).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yémHos
Gloss
connected, paired, twin
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Yama English
- Ymir English
- Geminius Latin
- gemellus Latin
- geminus Latin
- quadrigeminus Latin
- Remo Italian
- gemino Italian
- Remo Spanish, Castilian
- κέρας Ancient Greek
- Ῥῶμος Ancient Greek
- *h₂eym- Proto-Indo-European
- *yémHos Proto-Indo-European
- Remo Portuguese
- *umijaz Proto-Germanic
- 夜摩 Japanese
- यम Sanskrit
- संयम Sanskrit
- संयमिनी Sanskrit
- ymja Old Norse
- Ýmir Old Norse
- Rem Catalan, Valencian
- यम Hindi
- geamăn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ယာမာ Burmese
- gemẽo Old Portuguese
- 閻摩 Chinese
- 閻魔 Chinese
- yama Pali
- *yámHas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- dzeamin Aromanian
- *jemanos Proto-Italic
- យម Central Khmer
- *Yámas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *yámHas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- யமன் Tamil
- *jemos Old Latin
- جمےژ Khowar