Where does “nomi” come from?
nomi (Sicilian) comes from Sicilian nomu, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
nomi (Sicilian): plural of nomu
Ancestry of “nomi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | nomu | name |
| 2 | Latin | nōmen | — |
| 3 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |