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