Where does “nominative” come from?
nominative (Italian) comes from Italian nominativo, from Latin nōminātīvus, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστική, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστός, from Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ — to name.
nominative (Italian): feminine plural of nominativo
Definitions
- feminine plural of nominativo
Ancestry of “nominative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | nominativo | nominative; registered; nominative case |
| 2 | Latin | nōminātīvus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστική | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστικός | good at naming; Of or concerning naming; the... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστός | named; famous, of note, notable |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομάζω | I speak of by name, address by name; I call one... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |