Where does “ὄνομα” come from?

ὄνομα (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

ὄνομα (Ancient Greek): name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...

Definitions

  1. name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...

Ancestry of “ὄνομα”, step by step

ὄνομα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Proto-Hellenic *ónomə

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenic*ónoməname

Words derived from “ὄνομα”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →