Where does “denominational” come from?
Denominational comes from English denomination, from Latin denominatio, derived from the Latin prefix de- combined with nomen meaning name, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥.
denominational (English): Of or pertaining to a denomination
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to a denomination
Ancestry of “denominational”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | denomination | The act of naming or designating; That by which... |
| 2 | Old French | denominacion | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēnōminātiō | metonymy |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “denominational”
- nondenominational
- interdenominational
- denominationalism
- undenominational
- denominationally
- multidenominational
- undenominationalism
- denominationalist
- intradenominational
- nondenominationalism
- interdenominationally
- pandenominational
- nondenominationally
- denominationalize
- denominationalise
- denominationalisation
- denominationalization
- omnidenominational
- polydenominational
- transdenominational
- intradenominationally
- interdenominationalism
- nondenominationality
- undenominationalise