Where does “nombre” come from?
nombre (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan nombre, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.
nombre (Catalan): number, quantity
Ancestry of “nombre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | nombre | — |
| 2 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |
Words derived from “nombre”