Where does “nominal” come from?

nominal (Spanish) comes from Latin nōminālis, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

nominal (Spanish): nominal

Definitions

  1. nominal

Ancestry of “nominal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōminālisnominal (of a name)
2Latinnōmenname
3Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “nominal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →