Where does “nominative” come from?
nominative (Romanian) comes from Romanian nominativ, from Latin nōminātīvus, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστική, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστός, from Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ — to name.
nominative (Romanian): feminine plural nominative of nominativ; feminine...
Definitions
- feminine plural nominative of nominativ; feminine...
Ancestry of “nominative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | nominativ | the nominative case |
| 2 | Latin | nōminātīvus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστική | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστικός | good at naming; Of or concerning naming; the... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστός | named; famous, of note, notable |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομάζω | I speak of by name, address by name; I call one... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |