English
nomen
Nomen comes from Latin nōmen ‘name’, from gēns ‘clan, tribe’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tis‘birth, production’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gentisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgēns‘clan, tribe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgentīlisas gentīle‘family name’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen‘name’
- Englishearliest quotation 1843nomen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tis‘birth, production’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gentisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgēns‘clan, tribe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgentīlisas gentīle‘family name’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen‘name’
- Englishearliest quotation 1843nomen
Earliest quotation: 1843, John Gardner Wilkinson, London: John Murray: “The adytum is unsculptured, but two monoliths within it…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’
general, king, nature, german, native, generation, engine, pregnant, gender, genuine, genetic, genius, gene, kindness, oxygen, genre, nationalism, ken, indigenous, hydrogen, naive, kin, innate, genocide, genus, natal, kinder, noel, genital, nee, germ, nativity, ingenious, nada, naïve, janata, nascent, puny, cognate, gingerly, 106 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’
kind, nation, genetics, genesis, 14 more
through Latin gēns ‘clan, tribe’
through Latin gentīlis ‘family name’
gentle, gentile, jaunty, genteel, 4 more
through Latin nōmen ‘name’
nomination, allocate, noun, nominate, nominal, renown, nominative, misnomer, ignominious, ignominy, 19 more
Today it means
noun The family name of an Ancient Roman, designating their gens.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / nomen