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Where does “nominateur” come from?

nominateur (French) comes from French nominer, from English nominate, from Latin nominare, from Latin nomino, from Latin nomen, from Proto-Italic nomən, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

nominateur (French): nominator

Definitions

  1. nominator

Ancestry of “nominateur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnominerto nominate
2EnglishnominateTo name someone as a candidate for a particular...
3Latinnominarepresent active infinitive of nōminō;...
4LatinnominoI name, give a name to, call by name; I make...
5Latinnomenname, appellation; in particular, the middle name...
6Proto-Italicnomən—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →