Where does “nombrer” come from?

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

nombrer (Old French): to number; to count

Definitions

  1. to number; to count

Ancestry of “nombrer”, step by step

nombrer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French nombre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchnombreAlternative form of nonbre
2Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
3Proto-Italicnomezos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—

via Latin numerō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnumerōto count, enumerate
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Latin numerāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnumerāre—

Words derived from “nombrer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →Every word from Proto-Italic nomezos →Every word from Latin numerus →