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Where does “numerate” come from?

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

numerate (English): to count; Having the ability to understand...

Definitions

  1. to count; Having the ability to understand...

Ancestry of “numerate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnumerātus—
2Latinnumerō—
3Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
4Proto-Italicnomezos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—

Words derived from “numerate”

  • innumerate
  • subnumerate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →