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

Definitions

  1. number; numeral

Ancestry of “numru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Siciliannummrunumber
2Old Frenchnonbrenumber
3Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
4Proto-Italicnomezos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—

Words derived from “numru”

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