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Where does “uninominalista” come from?

uninominalista (Italian) comes from Italian uninominale, from Italian nominale, from Latin nōminālis, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

uninominalista (Italian): single-candidacy

Definitions

  1. single-candidacy

Ancestry of “uninominalista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianuninominalesingle-candidate
2Italiannominalenominal
3Latinnōminālis—
4Latinnōmen—
5Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →