English
norm
Norm may come from Latin norma ‘a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnorma‘a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2008norm
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnorma‘a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2008norm
Earliest quotation: 2008, Dennis Patterson, Ari Afilalo: “[…] the world needs a constitutional moment that will…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, could, know, note, notice, recognize, recognition, narrative, con, ken, keen, cognitive, glory, noble, ignore, notion, diagnostic, ignorant, cunning, notorious, cognition, narration, quaint, notation, nobility, prognosis, incognito, canny, gnome, notary, agnostic, notoriety, connoisseur, uncouth, canna, kith, recognizance, cognizance, annotate, cun, 91 more
Today it means
noun That which is normal or typical.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin norma / norm