Etymograph

English

multinominous

Multinominous comes from Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ ‘name’, 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 CEnōmen3as nōmen, oblique stem
  5. Englishtodaymultinominous3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin nomen
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English multinominous

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, Latin nomen‘name’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥Wiktionary, Latin nomen‘name’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmenWiktionary, English multinominousas nōmen, oblique stem
  5. EnglishtodaymultinominousWiktionary, English multinominous

Formed from multi-

Latin multus ‘much’

Latin multī

English multi-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’

name, anonymity, pseudonym, 30 more

through Latin nōmen

nomination, allocate, noun, nominate, nominal, renown, misnomer, nominative, nomen, ignominy, ignominious, 18 more

Today it means

adj Having many names or terms.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “multinominous”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥, Latin nomen. 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.

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