Where does “nom d'emprunt” come from?
nom d'emprunt (French) comes from French emprunt, from French emprunter, from Middle French emprunter, from Old French emprunter, from Vulgar Latin *imprūmūtāre, from Latin imprōmūtuāre, from Latin prōmūtuārī.
nom d'emprunt (French): pseudonym, alias
Definitions
- pseudonym, alias
Ancestry of “nom d'emprunt”, step by step
nom d'emprunt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French emprunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | emprunt | loan; loan, borrowing |
| 2 | French | emprunter | to borrow; to take, to follow |
| 3 | Middle French | emprunter | to borrow |
| 4 | Old French | emprunter | to borrow |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *imprūmūtāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | imprōmūtuāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | prōmūtuārī | — |
via French nom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | nom | A name, "especially" a last name or family name;... |
| 2 | Old French | nom | name |
| 3 | Latin | nōmen | name |
| 4 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
via French d’
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | d’ | of |