Where does “numeral” come from?
numeral (Middle French) comes from Latin numeralis, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.
numeral (Middle French): numeral; numerical
Ancestry of “numeral”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | numeralis | Of or belonging to a number; numeral |
| 2 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |
Words derived from “numeral”