English
praenomen
Praenomen comes from Latin praenōmen ‘praenomen (a first name or given 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, family name’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraenōmen‘praenomen (a first name or given name’
- Englishearliest quotation 1907praenomen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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, family name’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraenōmen‘praenomen (a first name or given name’
- Englishearliest quotation 1907praenomen
Earliest quotation: 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete: “The old explanation was that the Greeks applied the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
name, anonymity, pseudonym, 30 more
through Latin nōmen ‘name, family name’
nomination, noun, allocate, nominal, nominate, renown, nominative, misnomer, ignominious, ignominy, 19 more
Today it means
noun A first name or given name; particularly the first of the tria nomina (three nouns) borne by free male Roman citizens.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hittite ḫannaⁱ- / praenomen