Where does “nomi” come from?

nomi (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.

nomi (Esperanto): to name

Definitions

to name

Ancestry of “nomi”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Esperanto	nomo	name
2	French	nom	A name, "especially" a last name or family name;...
3	Old French	nom	name
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

Words derived from “nomi”

nomiĝi
nomu

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →