Where does “nómi” come from?

nómi (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese nome, from Old Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

nómi (Kabuverdianu): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “nómi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesenomename; noun
2Old Portuguesenomename
3Latinnōmenname
4Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éstiEvery word from Latin est