Where does “nomenklatura” come from?
nomenklatura (Italian) comes from Russian номенклату́ра, from Latin nōmenclātūra, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
nomenklatura (Italian): nomenklatura
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Ancestry of “nomenklatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | номенклату́ра | nomenclature |
| 2 | Latin | nōmenclātūra | a calling by name |
| 3 | Latin | nōmen | name |
| 4 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |