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Where does “pronominal” come from?

Pronominal comes from Late Latin pronominalis, derived from Latin pronomen (pronoun, literally "before the name"), from Latin nomen (name).

pronominal (English): Of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as...

Ancestry of “pronominal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpronominalis—
2Latinprōnōmen—
3Latinnōmen—
4Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “pronominal”

  • pronominally
  • pronominalize
  • prepronominal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →