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Where does “numerarius” come from?

numerarius (Late Latin) comes from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

numerarius (Late Latin): accountant; arithmetician; keeper of accounts;...

Definitions

  1. accountant; arithmetician; keeper of accounts;...

Ancestry of “numerarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
2Proto-Italicnomezos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—

Words derived from “numerarius”

  • numéraire
  • numéraire
  • numerário
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →