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Where does “nomenclature” come from?

nomenclature (Italian) comes from Italian nomenclatura, from Latin nōmenclātūra, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

nomenclature (Italian): plural of nomenclatura

Definitions

  1. plural of nomenclatura

Ancestry of “nomenclature”, step by step

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