Where does “mesnomer” come from?

mesnomer (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French mesnomer, from Old French nomer, from Latin nōmināre, from Latin nōminō, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

mesnomer (Anglo-Norman): to name incorrectly

Definitions

  1. to name incorrectly

Ancestry of “mesnomer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmesnomerto name incorrectly
2Old Frenchnomerto name; to be called
3Latinnōmināre—
4Latinnōminōto name, give a name to, call by name
5Latinnōmenname
6Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “mesnomer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →