Etymology

norm

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Today it means: That which is normal or typical. Full definition →

Latin norma ← Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn) ← Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō
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norm · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  4. Ancient Greekγιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)
  5. Ancient Greekγνώμων (gnṓmōn)
  6. Latinnorma
  7. English todaynorm

From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”). Doublet of norma.

norm · verb2

Back-formation from normed.

Words from the same roots

Latinnorma all →

norma

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