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nam

Pronunciation: [ˈnãː]

“nam” is a Latin word. Its 5 meanings in English:

conjunction

  1. for
  2. since
  3. thus
  4. because
  5. actually

In Latin

  1. Coniunctio confirmationem vel explanationem indicans.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nām, a feminine accusative singular. There are multiple proposals for the root: *Possibly from a distal deictic Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-os (“that”) (see *h₂en), which may also be the source of the particle an. *Alternatively, from a distal deictic of the form Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”). *Alternatively, from an inflected variant of a particle *ne (“like”). Compare…

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