Where does “nomu” come from?
nomu (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto nomi, 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.
nomu (Esperanto): imperative of nomi
Ancestry of “nomu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | nomi | to name |
| 2 | Esperanto | nomo | name |
| 3 | French | nom | A name, "especially" a last name or family name;... |
| 4 | Old French | nom | name |
| 5 | Latin | nōmen | — |
| 6 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |