nominate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To officially suggest someone as a candidate for a job, position, or award.

   She was nominated for an Academy Award.

2. 2
   verb

   To choose or appoint someone to a role or task.

   The team nominated Anna to lead the project.

Simplified etymology

Nominate entered English in the late Middle English period and derives from the Latin nomen family, meaning “name.” Latin nomen and the Germanic ancestor of English name share an Indo-European source.

PIE word *h₁nómn̥ The adjective is first attested in 1450, in Middle English, the verb in 1545; partly from Middle English nominat(e) (“named, designated”), from Latin nōminātus, perfect passive participle of nōminō (“to name”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from nōmen (“a name”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

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