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- Proto-Indo-European*nem-
- Proto-Indo-European*németi
- Proto-Hellenic*némō
- Ancient Greekνέμω (némō)
- Ancient Greekνόμος (nómos)
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
- Ancient Greekτίθημι (títhēmi)
- Ancient Greekνομοθέτης (nomothétēs)
- Latinnomotheta
- English todaynomothete
Borrowed from Latin nomotheta, borrowed from Ancient Greek νομοθέτης (nomothétēs, “law-giver”), from νόμος (nómos, “law”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “lay”) + -της (-tēs).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.