Where does “numru” come from?
numru (Maltese) comes from Sicilian nummru, from Old French nonbre, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.
numru (Maltese): number; numeral
Ancestry of “numru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | nummru | — |
| 2 | Old French | nonbre | number |
| 3 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |