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Where does “numbering” come from?

Numbering derives from English number, which comes from Latin numerus, ultimately tracing back through Latin verbal forms with the -are suffix.

numbering (English): A sequence of numbers indicating order or...

Definitions

  1. A sequence of numbers indicating order or...

Ancestry of “numbering”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishnombrynge—
2Middle English-yngeAlternative form of -ing
3Old English-ungforming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action...
4Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Words derived from “numbering”

  • autonumbering
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