Etymology

denominal

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Today it means: Denominative (deriving from a noun). Full definition →

English nominal ← Middle English nominalle ← Latin nōminālis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  8. Proto-Italic*nōmn̥
  9. Latinnōmen
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Latinnōminālis
  13. Middle Englishnominalle
  14. Englishnominal
  15. English todaydenominal

From de- + nominal.

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