Where does “soprannome” come from?
soprannome (Italian) comes from Italian nome, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
soprannome (Italian): nickname, moniker
Ancestry of “soprannome”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | nome | name; first name; name, reputation |
| 2 | Latin | nōmen | — |
| 3 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |