English
nominative
Nominative may come from Middle English nominatyf.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500nominatyfuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2007nominative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500nominatyfuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2007nominative
Earliest quotation: 2007, William D. Popkin, NYU Press: “A telling marker of the change in the reporter's…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
name, anonymity, pseudonym, 34 more
through Latin nōmen
noun, renown, nomen, ignominious, ignominy, 22 more
through Latin nōminō ‘to nominate for office’
through Latin nōminātīvus ‘pertaining to naming, nominative’
Today it means
adj Giving a name; naming; designating.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English nominatyf / nominative