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Where does “Nominalphrase” come from?

Nominalphrase (German) comes from German nominal, from Latin nōminālis, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

Nominalphrase (German): noun phrase

Definitions

  1. noun phrase

Ancestry of “Nominalphrase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannominalnominal
2Latinnōminālis—
3Latinnōmen—
4Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →