The story
- Latin · borrowed fromnōmen“name”
- English todaynomen
From Latin nōmen (“name”), a clipping of nōmen gentīle (“family name”). Doublet of name and noun.
Words from the same roots
Latinnōmen all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
nomen
Today it means: The family name of an Ancient Roman, designating their gens. Full definition →
Latin nōmen