English
nominable
Nominable may come from French nominable.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentnominableuncertain
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentnominableuncertain
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
name, pseudonym, anonymity, 34 more
through Latin nōmen ‘name’
noun, renown, nomen, ignominious, ignominy, 22 more
through Latin nōminō ‘to name’
Today it means
adj Capable of being identified using a name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French nominable / nominable