Where does “metronom” come from?

metronom (Turkish) comes from French métronome, from French -nôme, from Ido nomo, from Ido nomar, from French nommer, from Middle French nommer, from Old French nomer, from Latin nōmināre — to be.

metronom (Turkish): metronome, a device that produces an audible sound at a uniform interval

Definitions

  1. metronome, a device that produces an audible sound at a uniform interval

Ancestry of “metronom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmétronomemetronome
2French-nômenomial
3Idonomoname; noun
4Idonomarto name, call by name, say the name of
5Frenchnommerto nominate; to name, to call; to be called, to...
6Middle Frenchnommerto name
7Old Frenchnomerto name; to be called
8Latinnōmināre
9Latinnōminōto name, give a name to, call by name
10Latinnōmenname
11Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éstiEvery word from Latin est