English
denominatively
Denominatively comes from Latin dēnōminō ‘to name, designate, nominate’, 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
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminō‘to name, give a name to, call by name’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnōminō‘to name, designate, nominate’
- Late Latinmoderndēnōminātīvus
- English1500–presentdenominative
- Englishtodaydenominatively
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
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminō‘to name, give a name to, call by name’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnōminō‘to name, designate, nominate’
- Late Latinmoderndēnōminātīvus
- English1500–presentdenominative
- Englishtodaydenominatively
A compound of denominative + -ly
Hittite Hittite form ‘to sue, judge’
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Latin nōmen
Latin nōminō ‘to name, give a name to, call by name’
Latin dēnōminō ‘to name, designate’
Late Latin dēnōminātīvus ‘derived’
English denominative
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
name, anonymity, pseudonym, 30 more
through Latin nōmen
noun, nominal, renown, ignominious, ignominy, nomen, 18 more
through Latin nōminō ‘to name, give a name to, call by name’
nomination, allocate, nominate, misnomer, nominative, 8 more
Today it means
adv By denomination.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hittite ḫannaⁱ- / denominatively