Where does “nome” come from?

nome (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto nomo, from French nom, from Old French nom, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

nome (Esperanto): namely

Definitions

  1. namely

Ancestry of “nome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonomoname
2FrenchnomA name, "especially" a last name or family name;...
3Old Frenchnomname
4Latinnōmenname
5Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éstiEvery word from Latin est