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
Ancestry of “nom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | nōmen | — |
| 2 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |