# praenomen

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An Ancient Roman given name.
2. The throne name of a pharaoh, the fourth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title nswt-bjtj.
3. The genus name in a binomial scientific name.

## Etymology
From Latin praenōmen, from prae- (“pre-: before”) + nōmen (“name, family name”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/praenomen