Where does “semipronominal” come from?
semipronominal (English) comes from English pronominal, from Latin pronominalis, from Latin prōnōmen, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
semipronominal (English): Having only some of the traits of pronouns
Definitions
- Having only some of the traits of pronouns
Ancestry of “semipronominal”, step by step
semipronominal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pronominal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pronominal | Of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as... |
| 2 | Latin | pronominalis | — |
| 3 | Latin | prōnōmen | pronoun |
| 4 | Latin | nōmen | name |
| 5 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |