Where does “nomenclature” come from?
Nomenclature comes from Latin nomenclatura, derived from Latin calare and Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- meaning to assign or bestow a name.
nomenclature (English): A set of rules used for forming the names or...
Definitions
- A set of rules used for forming the names or...
Ancestry of “nomenclature”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | nōmenclātūra | a calling by name |
| 2 | Latin | nōmen | name |
| 3 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |