Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

namest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: namest
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

second-person singular simple present indicative of name

Archaic

Example Sentences

"thou namest"
"And as thou namest them, I will describe them (Shakespeare)"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name English -est English namest From name + -est.

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does namest mean?: second-person singular simple present indicative of name
Where does namest come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name English -est English namest From name + -est.

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