Where does “numéro” come from?
numéro (French) comes from Italian numero, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.
numéro (French): number; phone number
Ancestry of “numéro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | numero | number; numeral, figure, digit; sketch; short and... |
| 2 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |
Words derived from “numéro”