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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1610}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /nə(ʊ)ˈmɛŋ.klət͡ʃə/, /-ˈmɛn-/ ''(UK)''; /ˈnoʊmənˌkleɪt͡ʃɚ/, /ˌnoʊmənˈkleɪt͡ʃɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|nomenclature]] or directly [[bor|la|nōmenclātūra|t=a calling by name; list of names]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) from [[m|la|nōmenclātor|t=one who names]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|la|nōmen|t=name]] and [[m|la|calāre|t=to call out]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) The roots are [[ine-pro|*no-men-|t=name]] and [[ine-pro|*kele-|t=to shout]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A name or designation (1610 in the OED, Barnhart and Merriam-Webster; about 1600 in Etymonline), a sense now rare.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Rome a ''nomenclator'' was a slave or steward who announced visitors, and also one who prompted a politician with the names of the people he met.^(Etymonline) The English word was used for the act of naming (1622), a list or catalogue of names (1635) and a glossary or vocabulary (1659).^(OED 1989) From 1664 it meant a set of names used by a person or community,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995) and since 1789 the terminology of a science.^(OED 1989) In biology it is the system of standardized New Latin names for kinds and groups of plants and animals.^(MW Collegiate)^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1610 – a name, designation.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1635 – a list or register of names.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1664 – a set of names.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1789 – the terminology of a science.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A system or set of names or terms used in a particular [[science]], art or activity; [[terminology]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The assigning of names to the kinds and groups of organisms in a [[taxonomy|alt=taxonomic]] classification.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # ''(rare)'' A name or designation.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nomenclatural]]

+ * [[binomial nomenclature]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nomenclator]]

+ * [[name]]

+ * [[noun]]

+ * [[council]]

+ * [[binomial]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}