Where does “denominal” come from?

denominal (English) comes from English nominal, from Middle English nominalle, from Latin nominalis, from Latin -alis, from Proto-Indo-European -li-.

denominal (English): Denominative; A denominative: a word, often a...

Definitions

  1. Denominative; A denominative: a word, often a...

Ancestry of “denominal”, step by step

denominal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English nominal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnominalOf, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a...
2Middle Englishnominalleof nouns
3Latinnominalisnominal
4Latin-alisUsed to form adjectives of relationship from...
5Proto-Indo-European-li-—

via French nominal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnominalnominal
2Latinnōminālisnominal (of a name)

Words derived from “denominal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -li- →
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