Where does “nominatīvs” come from?
nominatīvs (Latvian) comes from Latin nōminātīvus, 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.
nominatīvs (Latvian): nominative case
Definitions
- nominative case
Ancestry of “nominatīvs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | nōminātīvus | nominative |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστική | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστικός | good at naming; Of or concerning naming; the... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστός | named; famous, of note, notable |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομάζω | I speak of by name, address by name; I call one... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |