Etymograph

English

denominatively

Denominatively comes from Latin dēnōminō ‘to name, designate, nominate’, and goes back to Hittite ḫannaⁱ- ‘to sue, judge’.

  1. Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-1transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary‘to sue, judge’
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥2‘name’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥2‘name’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen2
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminō2‘to name, give a name to, call by name’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnōminō2‘to name, designate, nominate’
  7. Late Latinmoderndēnōminātīvus2
  8. English1500–presentdenominative2
  9. Englishtodaydenominatively2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English denominatively

Lineage

  1. Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary‘to sue, judge’
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥Wiktionary, English denominatively‘name’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥Wiktionary, English denominatively‘name’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmenWiktionary, English denominatively
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminōWiktionary, English denominatively‘to name, give a name to, call by name’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnōminōWiktionary, English denominatively‘to name, designate, nominate’
  7. Late LatinmoderndēnōminātīvusWiktionary, English denominatively
  8. English1500–presentdenominativeWiktionary, English denominatively
  9. EnglishtodaydenominativelyWiktionary, English denominatively

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’

name, anonymity, pseudonym, 30 more

through Latin nōmen

noun, nominal, renown, ignominious, ignominy, nomen, 18 more

through Latin nōminō ‘to name, give a name to, call by name’

nomination, allocate, nominate, misnomer, nominative, 8 more

Today it means

adv By denomination.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “denominatively”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. 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- / denominatively