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Where does “nameable” come from?

nameable (English) comes from English ñame, from Middle English name, from Old English nama, from Proto-West Germanic namō, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

nameable (English): Capable of being distinguished and named; able to...

Definitions

  1. Capable of being distinguished and named; able to...

Ancestry of “nameable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishñameSynonym of name
2Middle Englishnamename
3Old Englishnamaname; noun
4Proto-West Germanicnamōname
5Proto-Germanicnamôname
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “nameable”

  • unnameable
  • unnameableness
  • unnameably
  • nameably
  • nameableness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →