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.
Ancestry of “nōminātīvus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστική | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστικός | good at naming; Of or concerning naming; the... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστός | named; famous, of note, notable |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομάζω | I speak of by name, address by name; I call one... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |