Where does “nominalismo” come from?

nominalismo (Italian) comes from Italian nominale, from Latin nōminālis, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

nominalismo (Italian): nominalism

Definitions

  1. nominalism

Ancestry of “nominalismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannominalenominal
2Latinnōminālisnominal (of a name)
3Latinnōmenname
4Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →