Where does “numeracy” come from?

numeracy (English) comes from English numerate, from Latin numerātus, from Latin numerō, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

numeracy (English): The quality of being numerate; numerical skill

Definitions

  1. The quality of being numerate; numerical skill

Ancestry of “numeracy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnumerateto count; Having the ability to understand...
2Latinnumerātuscounted, enumerated, having been counted
3Latinnumerōto count, enumerate
4Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
5Proto-Italicnomezos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—

Words derived from “numeracy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →