Where does “soprannumero” come from?

soprannumero (Italian) comes from Italian numero, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

soprannumero (Italian): supernumerary, extra, redundant; supernumerary

Definitions

  1. supernumerary, extra, redundant; supernumerary

Ancestry of “soprannumero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannumeronumber; numeral, figure, digit; sketch; short and...
2Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
3Proto-Italicnomezos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →Every word from Proto-Italic nomezos →Every word from Latin numerus →