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Where does “номенклату́ра” come from?

номенклату́ра (Russian) comes from Latin nōmenclātūra, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

Ancestry of “номенклату́ра”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōmenclātūra—
2Latinnōmen—
3Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “номенклату́ра”

  • nomenklatura
  • nomenklaturist
  • nomenklatura
  • номенклатурный
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