nómina

See also: Nomina, nomina, nòmina, nominá, and nominà

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōmina, derived from nōmen. First attested in the late 13th-century Gran Conquista de Ultramar.

Noun

nómina f

1. reliquary or small shrine with the names of saints
2. (in the plural) accounting book
3. a list of people

Descendants

• Spanish: nómina

Further reading

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “nombre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 235

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish nómina, borrowed from Latin nōmina, derived from nōmen. Cognate with English noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnomina/ [ˈno.mi.na]
• Rhymes: -omina
• Syllabification: nó‧mi‧na

Noun

nómina f (plural nóminas)

1. payroll
2. salary

Related terms

• impuesto sobre la nómina (“payroll tax”)
• nombre

 

Further reading

• “nómina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28