Where does “numerator” come from?

numerator (Latin) comes from Latin numerō, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

numerator (Latin): counter, numerator

Definitions

  1. counter, numerator

Ancestry of “numerator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnumerōto count, enumerate
2Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
3Proto-Italicnomezos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—

Words derived from “numerator”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →Every word from Proto-Italic nomezos →Every word from Latin numerus →
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