nominatival
/ˌnɑmɪnəˈtivəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the nominative case; nominative
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nōminō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκή (onomăstĭkḗ)calq. Latin nōminātīvusder. Old French nominatifbor. ▲ Latin nōminātīvusbor. Middle English nominatyf English nominative English -al English nominatival From nominative + -al.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌnɑmɪnəˈtivəl/