Where does “nominatee” come from?
nominatee (English) comes from English nominate, from Latin nominare, from Latin nomino, from Latin nomen, from Proto-Italic nomən, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
nominatee (English): One who is nominated
Definitions
- One who is nominated
Ancestry of “nominatee”, step by step
nominatee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nominate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nominate | To name someone as a candidate for a particular... |
| 2 | Latin | nominare | present active infinitive of nōminō;... |
| 3 | Latin | nomino | I name, give a name to, call by name; I make... |
| 4 | Latin | nomen | name, appellation; in particular, the middle name... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | nomən | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |