Where does “agronomy” come from?
agronomy (English) comes from French agronomie, from French agronome, from French -nôme, from Ido nomo, from Ido nomar, from French nommer, from Middle French nommer, from Old French nomer — to be.
agronomy (English): The science of utilizing plants, animals and...
Definitions
- The science of utilizing plants, animals and...
Ancestry of “agronomy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | agronomie | agronomy |
| 2 | French | agronome | agronomist |
| 3 | French | -nôme | nomial |
| 4 | Ido | nomo | name; noun |
| 5 | Ido | nomar | to name, call by name, say the name of |
| 6 | French | nommer | to nominate; to name, to call; to be called, to... |
| 7 | Middle French | nommer | to name |
| 8 | Old French | nomer | to name; to be called |
| 9 | Latin | nōmināre | — |
| 10 | Latin | nōminō | to name, give a name to, call by name |
| 11 | Latin | nōmen | name |
| 12 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |