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Nominatively comes from Latin nōminō ‘to nominate for office’, from Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ ‘name’, and ultimately from Hittite ḫannaⁱ- ‘to sue, judge’.

1. Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-¹transliterated*cuneiform 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 nominate for office’
6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōminātīvus²
7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500nominatyf²
8. English1500–presentnominative²
9. Englishtodaynominatively²

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