Etymograph

English

nominator

Nominator comes from Latin nōminō ‘to nominate for office’, from Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ ‘name’, and ultimately from Hittite ḫannaⁱ- ‘to sue, judge’.

  1. Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration‘to sue, judge’
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥‘name’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥‘name’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminō‘to nominate for office’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminātor
  7. Englishtodaynominator

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration‘to sue, judge’
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥‘name’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥‘name’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminō‘to nominate for office’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminātor
  7. Englishtodaynominator

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’

name, pseudonym, anonymity, 34 more

through Latin nōmen

noun, renown, nomen, ignominious, ignominy, 22 more

through Latin nōminō ‘to nominate for office’

allocate, misnomer, 11 more

Today it means

noun One who nominates, the enactor of a nomination.

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

Etymograph / Hittite ḫannaⁱ- / nominator

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