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Etymology of the English word name

the English word name
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *namon
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nō-men-

Derivations in English

Airedale, Black and Tans, cue, Egeria, Hang Seng Index, John Bull, nickname, Weatherman, forename, misname, nameable, nameboard, nameplate, nametag, placename, nameless, namely, named, naming

Cognates

Danish navn, Dutch naam, Dutch nomen, English noun, French nom, German Name, German Nomen, Gothic namo, Icelandic nafn, Italian nome, Latin nomen, Norwegian nomen, Nynorsk nabbn, Provençal nom, Riksmal navn, Swedish namn, Swedish nomen, Yiddish nomn



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