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

Definitions

nickname, moniker

Ancestry of “soprannome”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	nome	name; first name; name, reputation
2	Latin	nōmen	name
3	Latin	est	third-person singular present active indicative...
4	Proto-Indo-European	h₁ésti	to be
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₁es-	to be

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →