Where does “métronome” come from?

métronome (French) comes from French -nôme, from Ido nomo, from Ido nomar, from French nommer, from Middle French nommer, from Old French nomer, from Latin nōmināre, from Latin nōminō — to be.

métronome (French): metronome

Definitions

  1. metronome

Ancestry of “métronome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-nômenomial
2Idonomoname; noun
3Idonomarto name, call by name, say the name of
4Frenchnommerto nominate; to name, to call; to be called, to...
5Middle Frenchnommerto name
6Old Frenchnomerto name; to be called
7Latinnōmināre
8Latinnōminōto name, give a name to, call by name
9Latinnōmenname
10Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “métronome

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