Where does “número” come from?

número (Galician) comes from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

número (Galician): digit, numeral, number; number, a sequence of...

Definitions

  1. digit, numeral, number; number, a sequence of...

Ancestry of “número”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
2Proto-Italicnomezos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →Every word from Proto-Italic nomezos →Every word from Latin numerus →