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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [noː.mɛŋˈkɫaː.ti.oː][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [no.meŋˈklat.t͡si.o][1]

Forms

nōmenclātiō f (genitive nōmenclātiōnis); third declension[1]

Etymology

It is from nōmen “name”, calō “to call” and the suffix -tiō; compare nōmenclātor.[2][1][3] De Vaan traces ⟨nōmen⟩ to Proto-Italic *nōm-n-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃neh₃-mn̥ (“name”).[4] He traces ⟨calō⟩ to Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call”).[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is Quintus Cicero's Commentariolum petitionis, on addressing voters by name.[5][6][2] Köbler dates it to Cicero's time, 81–43 BC.[3]

Semantic evolution

Very rare, it meant addressing by name, as in Quintus Cicero's handbook for candidates, and a naming of things, nomenclature, as in Columella.[2][5][6]

Timeline

  • 81–43 BC – Quintus Cicero uses it.[2][3]
  • 1st century AD – Columella uses it of nomenclature.[2][3]

Meanings

Noun

  1. Addressing by name.[2]
  2. Nomenclature.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  4. ^ a b de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
  5. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  6. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.