Where does “nom” come from?

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

nom (French): A name, "especially" a last name or family name;...

Definitions

  1. A name, "especially" a last name or family name;...

Ancestry of “nom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnomname
2Latinnōmenname
3Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “nom”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →