Where does “nominal” come from?

Nominal derives from Middle English nominalle, from Latin nominalis, formed with the suffix -alis from Latin nōmen meaning "name," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥.

nominal (English): Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a...

Definitions

  1. Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a...

Ancestry of “nominal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishnominalleof nouns
2Latinnominalisnominal
3Latinnomenname, appellation; in particular, the middle name...
4Proto-Italicnomən—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “nominal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →