Where does “soprannominare” come from?

soprannominare (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.

soprannominare (Italian): to nickname

Definitions

to nickname

Ancestry of “soprannominare”, step by step

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

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