Where does “Pronomen” come from?

Pronomen (German) comes from Latin prōnōmen, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

Pronomen (German): pronoun (sensu lato); pronoun (sensu stricto), or pronominal adjective or determiner

Definitions

  1. pronoun (sensu lato); pronoun (sensu stricto), or pronominal adjective or determiner

Ancestry of “Pronomen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprōnōmenpronoun
2Latinnōmenname
3Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “Pronomen”

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