Where does “denomination” come from?
Denomination comes from Old French denominacion, from Latin denominatio, a noun formed from the Latin prefix de- and root nomen meaning "name," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-.
denomination (English): The act of naming or designating; That by which...
Definitions
- The act of naming or designating; That by which...
Ancestry of “denomination”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | denominacion | — |
| 2 | Latin | dēnōminātiō | metonymy |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “denomination”
- denominational
- nondenominational
- interdenominational
- denominationalism
- undenominational
- denominationally
- multidenominational
- redenomination
- undenominationalism
- denominationalist
- intradenominational
- nondenominationalism
- interdenominationally
- pandenominational
- nondenominationally
- subdenomination
- denominationist
- denominacja
- denominationalize
- denominationalise
- denominationalisation
- denominationalization
- omnidenominational
- polydenominational