Where does “denumi” come from?
denumi (Romanian) comes from Romanian numi, from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei — to go.
denumi (Romanian): to designate, denominate, give a name to; to...
Definitions
- to designate, denominate, give a name to; to...
Ancestry of “denumi”, step by step
denumi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian numi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | numi | to name; to be named |
| 2 | Romanian | i | and |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | и | and; him |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | jь | this; he |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iś | this |
| 6 | Old Polish | ić | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via French dénommer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dénommer | to name |
| 2 | Latin | denominare | present active infinitive of dēnōminō;... |
| 3 | Latin | denomino | I name, designate, nominate |
| 4 | Latin | nomino | I name, give a name to, call by name; I make... |
| 5 | Latin | nomen | name, appellation; in particular, the middle name... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | nomən | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |