The story
- Latin · borrowed fromomnium
- English todayomnium
From Latin omnium (literally “of all”), genitive plural of omnis (“all, every”).
Words from the same roots
Latinomnium all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
omnium
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Latin omnium