quod nomen tibi est
Latin
Alternative forms
- quid nōmen tibī̆ est? (Classical Latin)
- quid nōmen tibī̆st? (phonetic spelling indicating clitisation, also called prodelision or aphaeresis)
Etymology
From a reanalysis of quid nōmen tibī̆ est (“what is your name?”), where the pronominal interrogative quid (“what”) was hypercorrected to the adnominal determiner quod (“which”), perhaps caused by the progressively increasing confusion between the two paradigms. The resulting literal meaning is "which name do you have?", or more idiomatically "which is your name?".
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷodˈnoː.men.ti.biːst/, [kʷɔnˈnoːmɛn̪t̪ɪbiːs̠t̪] or IPA(key): /kʷodˈnoː.men.ti.bist/, [kʷɔnˈnoːmɛn̪t̪ɪbɪs̠t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwodˈno.men.ti.bist/, [kwod̪ˈnɔːmen̪t̪ibist̪]