Etymology

nominator

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Today it means: One who nominates, the enactor of a nomination. Full definition →

Latin nōminātor ← Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  2. Proto-Italic*nōmn̥
  3. Latinnōmen
  4. Latinnōminō
  5. Latinnōminātor
  6. English todaynominator

Borrowed from Latin nōminātor. By surface analysis, nominate + -or.

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