Where does “nomenclatura” come from?
nomenclatura (Portuguese) comes from Latin nōmenclātūra, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
nomenclatura (Portuguese): nomenclature; nomenklatura
Definitions
- nomenclature; nomenklatura
Ancestry of “nomenclatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | nōmenclātūra | a calling by name |
| 2 | Latin | nōmen | name |
| 3 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |