Etymology

agname

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Today it means: An appellation over and above the given name and surname. Full definition →

English name ← Middle English name ← Old English nama
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  6. Proto-Italic*nōmn̥
  7. Latinnōmen
  8. Latinagnōmen
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  10. Proto-Germanic*namô
  11. Proto-West Germanic*namō
  12. Old Englishnama
  13. Middle Englishname
  14. Englishname
  15. English todayagname

From Latin agnōmen, with the second element replaced with name. By surface analysis, ag- + name.

Words from the same roots

Latinagnōmen all →

agnomenagnominal

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.