Where does “nomenclature” come from?
nomenclature (French) comes from Latin nōmenclātūra, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
nomenclature (French): nomenclature
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Ancestry of “nomenclature”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | nōmenclātūra | a calling by name |
| 2 | Latin | nōmen | name |
| 3 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |