Where does “nombreux” come from?

nombreux (French) comes from French nombre, from Middle French nombre, from Old French nombre, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

nombreux (French): numerous, many

Definitions

  1. numerous, many

Ancestry of “nombreux”, step by step

nombreux traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French nombre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnombrenumber
2Middle Frenchnombrenumber
3Old FrenchnombreAlternative form of nonbre
4Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
5Proto-Italicnomezos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—

via Latin numerōsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnumerōsusnumerous, manifold, multiple, abundant
2Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “nombreux”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →Every word from Proto-Italic nomezos →Every word from Latin numerus →