Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “nameably” come from?

nameably (English) comes from English nameable, 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.

nameably (English): In a way that can be named

Definitions

  1. In a way that can be named

Ancestry of “nameably”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnameableCapable of being distinguished and named; able to...
2EnglishñameSynonym of name
3Middle Englishnamename
4Old Englishnamaname; noun
5Proto-West Germanicnamōname
6Proto-Germanicnamôname
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →