Where does “nombrer” come from?

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

nombrer (Middle French): to number

Definitions

  1. to number

Ancestry of “nombrer”, 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 →