Where does “Numidia” come from?

Numidia derives from Latin Numidia, from Ancient Greek Νουμιδία, likely related to Ancient Greek νομός meaning pasture or province, from νέμω meaning to distribute or pasture, from Proto-Indo-European nem- meaning to allot or distribute.

Ancestry of “Numidia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNumidia—
2Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ia →Every word from Latin -ius →