praenominal

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praenominal

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From Latin praenōmin-, praenōmen (“praenomen”) + -al.

adjective prænominal · prenominal

not comparable Relating to a praenomen. perplexum usum praenominum et cognominum. ‘In origin and conception’ (says Mommsen) ‘the cognomen is very nearly akin to the praenomen, nay, in a certain degree, identical with it. For just as in the case of women the praenomen, without material alteration, and only through the absence of official r

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@misc{praenominal_2026,
  title = {praenominal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/praenominal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}