Where does “énumération” come from?
énumération (French) comes from Latin enumeratio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
énumération (French): enumeration
Definitions
- enumeration
Ancestry of “énumération”, step by step
énumération traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin enumeratio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | enumeratio | enumeration, listing; recapitulation, summing up |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French énumérer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | énumérer | to enumerate; count out; go through one by one |
| 2 | Italian | enumerare | to enumerate |
| 3 | Portuguese | enumerar | to enumerate; to count; to recite |
| 4 | Latin | ēnumerō | to count out or over |
| 5 | Latin | numerō | to count, enumerate |
| 6 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |