Where does “μετρονόμος” come from?
μετρονόμος (Greek) comes from French métronome, from French -nôme, from Ido nomo, from Ido nomar, from French nommer, from Middle French nommer, from Old French nomer, from Latin nōmināre — to be.
μετρονόμος (Greek): metronome; metrologist
Ancestry of “μετρονόμος”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | métronome | metronome |
| 2 | French | -nôme | — |
| 3 | Ido | nomo | name; noun |
| 4 | Ido | nomar | to name, call by name, say the name of |
| 5 | French | nommer | to nominate; to name, to call; to be called, to... |
| 6 | Middle French | nommer | to name |
| 7 | Old French | nomer | to name; to be called |
| 8 | Latin | nōmināre | — |
| 9 | Latin | nōminō | — |
| 10 | Latin | nōmen | — |
| 11 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |