English
nomination
Nomination comes from Latin nōminō ‘to name’, and goes back to Hittite 𒄩𒀭𒈾𒄿 ‘to sue, judge’.
- Hittitemodern𒄩𒀭𒈾𒄿1ḫannaⁱ-‘to sue, judge’
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥2‘name’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥2‘name’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen3‘name’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminō4‘to name’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminātiō4
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600nominacion4
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500nominacion4
- Englishtodaynomination4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin nomen
- 3 Wiktionary, Latin nomino
- 4 Wiktionary, English nomination
Lineage
- Hittitemodern𒄩𒀭𒈾𒄿Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ḫannaⁱ-‘to sue, judge’
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥Wiktionary, Latin nomen‘name’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥Wiktionary, Latin nomen‘name’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmenWiktionary, Latin nomino‘name’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminōWiktionary, English nomination‘to name’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminātiōWiktionary, English nomination
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600nominacionWiktionary, English nomination
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500nominacionWiktionary, English nomination
- EnglishtodaynominationWiktionary, English nomination
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
through Latin nōmen ‘name’
through Latin nōminō ‘to name’
Today it means
noun An act or instance of nominating.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “nomination”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥, Latin nomen, Latin nomino. 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 𒄩𒀭𒈾𒄿 / nomination