English
agname
Agname comes from Latin agnōmen ‘a surname or additional name relating to a…’, and goes back to Hittite ḫannaⁱ- ‘to sue, judge’.
- Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-1transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary‘to sue, judge’
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥2‘name’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥2‘name’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen2‘name’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnōmen3‘a surname or additional name relating to a specific achievement, characteristic or trait’
- Englishtodayagname3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin agnomen
- 3 Wiktionary, English agname
Lineage
- Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary‘to sue, judge’
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥Wiktionary, Latin agnomen‘name’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥Wiktionary, Latin agnomen‘name’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmenWiktionary, Latin agnomen‘name’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnōmenWiktionary, English agname‘a surname or additional name relating to a specific achievement, characteristic or trait’
- EnglishtodayagnameWiktionary, English agname
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
through Latin nōmen ‘name’
nomination, noun, nominal, nominate, allocate, renown, misnomer, nominative, ignominious, ignominy, nomen, 18 more
Today it means
noun An appellation over and above the given name and surname.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “agname”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥, Latin agnomen. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Hittite ḫannaⁱ- / agname