Where does “numru biż-żewġ” come from?

numru biż-żewġ (Maltese) comes from Maltese numru, from Sicilian nummru, from Old French nonbre, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

numru biż-żewġ (Maltese): even number

Definitions

  1. even number

Ancestry of “numru biż-żewġ”, step by step

numru biż-żewġ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Maltese numru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesenumrunumber; numeral
2Siciliannummrunumber
3Old Frenchnonbrenumber
4Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
5Proto-Italicnomezos
6Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos

via Maltese żewġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malteseżewġshort attributive form of tnejn; husband; couple
2Arabicزَوْجcouple; spouse; pair
3Ancient Greekζεῦγοςpair, two things, persons or animals considered...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyugómyoke
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

via Maltese b'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malteseb'with (chiefly an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)
2Arabicبِby; with; in, with
3Arabicبَاء
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesosEvery word from Proto-Italic nomezosEvery word from Latin numerus
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