English
nomination
Nomination comes from Latin nōminō ‘to name’, 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 CEnōminō‘to name’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminātiō
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600nominacion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500nominacion
- Englishtodaynomination
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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 CEnōminō‘to name’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminātiō
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600nominacion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500nominacion
- Englishtodaynomination
Equivalent to nominate + -ion
Hittite Hittite form ‘to sue, judge’
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Latin nōmen ‘name’
Latin nōminō ‘to name’
Latin nōminātus ‘named, having been named’
Middle English nominat(e) ‘named, designated’
English nominate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
name, anonymity, pseudonym, 34 more
through Latin nōmen ‘name’
noun, renown, nomen, ignominious, ignominy, 22 more
through Latin nōminō ‘to name’
Today it means
noun An act or instance of nominating.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hittite ḫannaⁱ- / nomination