Etymograph

English

trinominal

Trinominal 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. Englishtodaytrinominal3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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

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 trinominalas nōmen, oblique stem
  5. EnglishtodaytrinominalWiktionary, English trinominal

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’

name, pseudonym, anonymity, 31 more

through Latin nōmen

noun, nomination, allocate, renown, nominate, misnomer, nominative, nomen, ignominious, ignominy, 19 more

Today it means

adj trinomial

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “trinominal”; 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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