Where does “nomi” come from?
nomi (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese nome, from Old Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
nomi (Guinea-Bissau Creole): name
Ancestry of “nomi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | nome | name; noun |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | nome | name |
| 3 | Latin | nōmen | — |
| 4 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |