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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 6 | Latin | numerō | — |
| 7 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |