verb/de.nɔ.mi.ne/
to name; to denominate
“Chez les Grecs, comme encore de nos jours chez quelques peuples, on se servait des lettres de l’alphabet pour dénominer les sons.”
Synonyms: dénommer
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nōminō Latin denominārelbor. French dénominer Learned borrowing from Latin denomināre. By surface analysis, dé- + nomine