Word Origin Summary

Ном is attested in Halh Mongolian. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *nomProto-Mongolicinherited from
2. *nem-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
3. ᠨᠤᠮUyghurderived from
4. 𐫗𐫇𐫖Sogdianderived from
5. νόμοςAncient Greekderived from

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