Where does “misnoumer” come from?
misnoumer (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman mesnomer, from Old French mesnomer, from Old French nomer, from Latin nōmināre, from Latin nōminō, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti — to be.
Ancestry of “misnoumer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | mesnomer | to name incorrectly |
| 2 | Old French | mesnomer | to name incorrectly |
| 3 | Old French | nomer | to name; to be called |
| 4 | Latin | nōmināre | — |
| 5 | Latin | nōminō | to name, give a name to, call by name |
| 6 | Latin | nōmen | name |
| 7 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |