Etymology

prenominate

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Today it means: to name or mention ahead of time Full definition →

English nominate ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae-
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prenominate · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishnominate
  10. English todayprenominate

From pre- + nominate.

prenominate · adjective2

  1. Latin · derived frompraenominatus
  2. English todayprenominate

From Latin praenominatus, past participle of praenominare (“to give the prenomen to, to prenominate”).

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