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- Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
- Proto-Italic*nōmn̥
- Latinnōmen
- Latinnōminō
- Ancient Greekὀνομαστική (onomastikḗ)
- Latinnōminātīvus
- Old Frenchnominatif
- Latinnōminātīvus
- Middle Englishnominatyf
- Englishnominative
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- English todaynominatival
From nominative + -al.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.