Where does “noumbren” come from?

noumbren (Middle English) comes from Old French nombrer, from Old French nombre, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

noumbren (Middle English): To enumerate; to count or work out the number of...

Definitions

  1. To enumerate; to count or work out the number of...

Ancestry of “noumbren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnombrerto number; to count
2Old FrenchnombreAlternative form of nonbre
3Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
4Proto-Italicnomezos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →Every word from Proto-Italic nomezos →Every word from Latin numerus →