Where does “numéraire” come from?
numéraire (French) comes from Late Latin numerarius, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.
numéraire (French): currency
Ancestry of “numéraire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | numerarius | accountant; arithmetician; keeper of accounts;... |
| 2 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |
Words derived from “numéraire”