Where does “mononumerosis” come from?

mononumerosis (English) comes from English numero-, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

mononumerosis (English): The oversimplification of a metric by using a single numerical value to characterize a complex phenomenon or system

Definitions

  1. The oversimplification of a metric by using a single numerical value to characterize a complex phenomenon or system

Ancestry of “mononumerosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnumero-The combining form of number
2Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
3Proto-Italicnomezos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →Every word from Proto-Italic nomezos →Every word from Latin numerus →