Where does “denominator” come from?
denominator (Late Latin) comes from Latin denomino, from Latin nomino, from Latin nomen, from Proto-Italic nomən, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
denominator (Late Latin): one who names or designates
Definitions
- one who names or designates
Ancestry of “denominator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | denomino | I name, designate, nominate |
| 2 | Latin | nomino | I name, give a name to, call by name; I make... |
| 3 | Latin | nomen | name, appellation; in particular, the middle name... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nomən | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |
Words derived from “denominator”