Where does “numerolatry” come from?
numerolatry (English) comes from English numero, from Latin numerō, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.
numerolatry (English): worship of numbers
Ancestry of “numerolatry”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | numero | The sign ⟨ № ⟩ |
| 2 | Latin | numerō | — |
| 3 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |