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Where does “numerosus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “numerosus”, step by step

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