Where does “nominate” come from?
nominate (Italian) comes from Italian nominare, from Latin nōminō, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
nominate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “nominate”, step by step
nominate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian nominare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | nominare | to name, call, dub; to mention; to nominate,... |
| 2 | Latin | nōminō | to name, give a name to, call 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 |
via Italian nominato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | nominato | past participle of nominare; named; mentioned |