English
agname
Agname comes from Latin agnōmen ‘a surname or additional name relating to a…’, and goes back to Hittite ḫannaⁱ- ‘to sue, judge’.
- Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration‘to sue, judge’
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥‘name’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥‘name’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen‘name’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnōmen‘a surname or additional name relating to a specific achievement, characteristic or trait’
- Englishtodayagname
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration‘to sue, judge’
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥‘name’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥‘name’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen‘name’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnōmen‘a surname or additional name relating to a specific achievement, characteristic or trait’
- Englishtodayagname
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
through Latin nōmen ‘name’
nomination, noun, nominal, nominate, allocate, renown, misnomer, nominative, ignominious, ignominy, nomen, 18 more
Today it means
noun An appellation over and above the given name and surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hittite ḫannaⁱ- / agname