Where does “nominative” come from?
nominative (Latin) comes from Latin nominativus, from Latin nominare, from Latin nomino, from Latin nomen, from Proto-Italic nomən, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
nominative (Latin): vocative masculine singular of nōminātīvus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of nōminātīvus
Ancestry of “nominative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | nominativus | nominative |
| 2 | Latin | nominare | present active infinitive of nōminō;... |
| 3 | Latin | nomino | I name, give a name to, call by name; I make... |
| 4 | Latin | nomen | name, appellation; in particular, the middle name... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | nomən | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |