Where does “numru bil-fard” come from?

numru bil-fard (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 bil-fard (Maltese): odd number

Definitions

  1. odd number

Ancestry of “numru bil-fard”, step by step

numru bil-fard 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 b'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malteseb'with (chiefly an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)
2Arabicبِby; with; in, with
3Arabicبَاء

via Maltese fard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesefardodd; single
2Arabicفَرْدalone, sole, solitary; single, only, alone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesosEvery word from Proto-Italic nomezosEvery word from Latin numerus