English
denominatively
Denominatively comes from Latin dēnōminō ‘to name, designate, nominate’, 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
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminō2‘to name, give a name to, call by name’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnōminō2‘to name, designate, nominate’
- Late Latinmoderndēnōminātīvus2
- English1500–presentdenominative2
- Englishtodaydenominatively2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
- 2 Wiktionary, English denominatively
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, English denominatively‘name’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥Wiktionary, English denominatively‘name’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmenWiktionary, English denominatively
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminōWiktionary, English denominatively‘to name, give a name to, call by name’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnōminōWiktionary, English denominatively‘to name, designate, nominate’
- Late LatinmoderndēnōminātīvusWiktionary, English denominatively
- English1500–presentdenominativeWiktionary, English denominatively
- 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