Where does “-nome” come from?
-nome (French) comes from Ido nomo, from Ido nomar, from French nommer, from Middle French nommer, from Old French nomer, from Latin nōmināre, from Latin nōminō, from Latin nōmen — to be.
Ancestry of “-nome”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ido | nomo | name; noun |
| 2 | Ido | nomar | to name, call by name, say the name of |
| 3 | French | nommer | to nominate; to name, to call; to be called, to... |
| 4 | Middle French | nommer | to name |
| 5 | Old French | nomer | to name; to be called |
| 6 | Latin | nōmināre | — |
| 7 | Latin | nōminō | — |
| 8 | Latin | nōmen | — |
| 9 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
Words derived from “-nome”