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

  1. nominative case

Ancestry of “nominatīvs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōminātīvusnominative
2Ancient Greekὀνομαστική
3Ancient Greekὀνομαστικόςgood at naming; Of or concerning naming; the...
4Ancient Greekὀνομαστόςnamed; famous, of note, notable
5Ancient GreekὀνομάζωI speak of by name, address by name; I call one...
6Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα