Where does “enumerator” come from?
Enumerator comes from Latin enumerator, derived from Latin enumeratus, the past participle of Latin enumero, meaning to count out or reckon up.
enumerator (English): A person who, or a thing that enumerates; a...
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- A person who, or a thing that enumerates; a...
Ancestry of “enumerator”, step by step
enumerator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English enumerate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | enumerate | To specify each member of a sequence individually... |
| 2 | French | énumérer | to enumerate; count out; go through one by one |
| 3 | Italian | enumerare | to enumerate |
| 4 | Portuguese | enumerar | to enumerate; to count; to recite |
| 5 | Latin | ēnumerō | to count out or over |
| 6 | Latin | numerō | to count, enumerate |
| 7 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |