Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Nominative has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
The nominative case.
serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb
"nominative noun endings"
"predicate nominative"
appointed by nomination
Giving a name; naming; designating.
The word comes from the Latin nōminātīvus, which means "pertaining to naming." It entered English through Middle English, arriving either directly from Latin or via Old French.