Where does “nom” come from?

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

nom (Old French): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “nom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōmenname
2Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “nom”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →