nommer French · revision 16962

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 980, Passion de Clermont|origins=la nomen}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /nɔ.me/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nommer'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French [[m|fro|nomner]] (about 980), [[m|fro|nomer]] (about 1155); ''nommer'' from the 13th century.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la|nōminō|t=to call by name; to mention; to propose for an office]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|7, 179a) from [[m|la|nōmen|t=name]], the source of [[nom]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The learned [[nominer]] is a later borrowing of the same family.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ Cognate with [[it|nominare]], [[pro|nomnar]], [[ca|nomenar]], [[es|nombrar]] and [[pt|nomear]].^(Littré 1873)^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Passion'' of Clermont (late 10th century) has ''nomner'' “to give a name to someone”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 12th century it took the senses “to mention someone by name” (about 1130), “to designate by name” (about 1150), “to give a name to something new” (Wace, 1155), “to call by a qualifying name” (about 1195) and “to make known by revealing the name” (Jean Bodel, late 12th century).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) Robert Estienne records it in 1549 for standing godparent to a child.^(TLFi) The sense “to appoint to an office”, known in Latin, appears about 1225, and ''nommer son héritier universel'' “to make one's sole heir” in 1636.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ Modern usage has dropped “to list” (about 1119), “to fix (a sum, a date)” (1050), “to dictate” (about 1360) and “to announce” (about 1465).^(DHLF 1992) In the 17th century it also meant “to vote for”, a sense lost to [[élire]]; in the 2000s ''être nommé'' for an award took on the meaning of English ''nominate''.^(DHLF 1992) The participle in ''à jour nommé'' is from the 13th century, and ''à point nommé'' is in Amyot (1559), “at the right moment” in Montaigne (1580).^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 980 – ''Nomner'' in the ''Passion''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1080 – ''Renommer''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * c. 1130 – “To mention by name”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1155 – “To name something new”, in Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1225 – “To appoint”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1449 – ''Susnommé''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1559 – ''À point nommé'', in Amyot.^(TLFi)

+ * 1636 – ''Nommer son héritier universel''.^(TLFi)

+ * 2000s – ''Être nommé'' for an award.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|name|alt=Name]], to give a name to (a person): ''Ses parents l'ont nommé Paul.''^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To give a name to (a thing, a concept): ''nommer un corps chimique nouvellement découvert''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

+ # To mention by name, to say the name of.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|appoint]] (to an office); to [[m|en|nominate]].^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Se nommer'': to be called; to give one's name.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # ''À point nommé'': at just the right moment.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dénommer]]

+ * [[innommable]]

+ * [[innommé]]

+ * [[nommé]]

+ * [[nommément]]

+ * [[prénommer]]

+ * [[renommer]]

+ * [[renommée]]

+ * [[surnommer]]

+ * [[susnommé]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nom]]

+ * [[nomination]]

+ * [[nominer]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}