Where does “nomen dubium” come from?

nomen dubium (Translingual) comes from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

nomen dubium (Translingual): In zoological nomenclature, a name that is not...

Definitions

  1. In zoological nomenclature, a name that is not...

Ancestry of “nomen dubium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōmenname
2Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →
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