Where does “nōminātīvus” come from?

nōminātīvus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστική, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστός, from Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

nōminātīvus (Latin): nominative

Definitions

  1. nominative

Ancestry of “nōminātīvus”, step by step

nōminātīvus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek ὀνομαστική

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὀνομαστική
2Ancient Greekὀνομαστικόςgood at naming; Of or concerning naming; the...
3Ancient Greekὀνομαστόςnamed; famous, of note, notable
4Ancient GreekὀνομάζωI speak of by name, address by name; I call one...
5Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Latin nōminō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōminōto name, give a name to, call by name
2Latinnōmenname
3Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “nōminātīvus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα
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