Where does “nom” come from?

nom (Maltese) comes from Italian nome, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

nom (Maltese): noun

Definitions

  1. noun

Ancestry of “nom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannomename; first name; name, reputation
2Latinnōmenname
3Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →