Where does “nom” come from?

nom (Mauritian Creole) comes from French nom, from Old French nom, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

nom (Mauritian Creole): name word that indicates a particular person, place, or thing

Definitions

  1. name word that indicates a particular person, place, or thing

Ancestry of “nom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchnomA name, "especially" a last name or family name;...
2Old Frenchnomname
3Latinnōmenname
4Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →