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Where does “agnomen” come from?

agnomen (English) comes from Latin agnomen, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

agnomen (English): An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a...

Definitions

  1. An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a...

Ancestry of “agnomen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinagnomenA surname or additional name relating to a...
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →