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agnomen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ag-nomen
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Latin agnōmenbor. English agnomen Borrowed from Latin agnōmen. By surface analysis, ag- + nomen.

Inflected Forms

agnomens (plural) agnomina (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

agnominal

Synonyms

agname

Questions

What does agnomen mean?
An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen.
Where does agnomen come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Latin agnōmenbor. English agnomen Borrowed from Latin agnōmen. By surface analysis, ag- + nomen.

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