Where does “enumerate” come from?
Enumerate comes from Latin enumeratus, the past participle of Latin enumero, meaning to count out or reckon up.
enumerate (English): To specify each member of a sequence individually...
Definitions
- To specify each member of a sequence individually...
Ancestry of “enumerate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | énumérer | to enumerate; count out; go through one by one |
| 2 | Italian | enumerare | to enumerate |
| 3 | Portuguese | enumerar | to enumerate; to count; to recite |
| 4 | Latin | ēnumerō | — |
| 5 | Latin | numerō | — |
| 6 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |
Words derived from “enumerate”