Where does “nom de plume” come from?
nom de plume (French) comes from English nom de plume, from French dé, from Middle French de, from Old French dé, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
nom de plume (French): nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym
Definitions
- nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym
Ancestry of “nom de plume”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | nom de plume | A pen name or pseudonym |
| 2 | French | dé | die; diced slice; thimble |
| 3 | Middle French | de | of; from |
| 4 | Old French | dé | die |
| 5 | Latin | dē | — |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “nom de plume”