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nome

Nome comes from French nome, from Ancient Greek νομός ‘district’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-root as named
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ném-e-ti‘to assign, allot’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*némōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνέμωnémō‘to divide’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνομόςnomós‘district’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentnome
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1983same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-root as named
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ném-e-ti‘to assign, allot’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*némōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνέμωnémō‘to divide’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνομόςnomós‘district’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentnome
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1983same form

Earliest quotation: 1983, Norman Mailer: “Yet the part will be as the whole, and…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *nem-

number, numerous, numb, innumerable, nim, numeric, nomadic, numeral, enumeration, nomad, numeracy, luma, naam, numero, enumerate, numerator, 25 more

through Proto-Hellenic *némō

numismatics, 9 more

through Ancient Greek νέμω ‘to divide’

numismatic, noma, 10 more

through Ancient Greek νομός ‘district’

nomos, 1 more

Another origin of nome

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ném-e-ti‘to assign, allot’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*némōreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνέμωnémō‘to divide’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνόμοςnómos‘usage’
  5. Englishtodaynome

Another origin of nome

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ném-e-ti‘to assign, allot’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*némōreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνέμω‘to pasture’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνομόςnomós‘pasture’
  5. Englishtodaynome

The sense "term" is from French -nôme, second element of binôme etc., again from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós) here in its sense "division". The name of the special function may be identical or may be an independent borrowing from the Greek.

Today it means

noun A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nem- / nome

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