nō̆-men-

Name. Oldest form *ə₁no(ə₃)-mn̥, zero-grade form *ə₁n̥(ə₃)-men-.

1. name, from Old English nama, name, from Germanic *namōn-.

2. nominal, nominate, noun; agnomen, binomial, cognomen, denominate, ignominy, misnomer, nomenclator, nuncupative, praenomen, pronoun, renown, from Latin nōmen, name, reputation.

3. onomastic, -onym, -onymy; allonym, anonymous, antonomasia, eponym, eponymous, euonymus, heteronymous, homonymous, matronymic, metonymy, onomatopoeia, paronomasia, paronymous, patronymic, pseudonym, synonymous, from Greek onoma, onuma, name (assimilated from enuma, preserved in proper names in Laconian).

4. moniker, from Old Irish ainm, name.

 

[Pokorny en(o)mn̥- 321.]

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