Where does “nōmenclātor” come from?

nōmenclātor (Latin) comes from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

nōmenclātor (Latin): a slave who acted as receptionist, keeping track of the names of clients arriving to see his master

Definitions

  1. a slave who acted as receptionist, keeping track of the names of clients arriving to see his master

Ancestry of “nōmenclātor”, step by step

nōmenclātor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin nōmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōmenname
2Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

via Latin calō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincalōto call, announce solemnly, call out
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “nōmenclātor”

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