Where does “nümero” come from?
nümero (Ottoman Turkish) comes from French numéro, from Italian numero, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.
Ancestry of “nümero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | numéro | number; phone number |
| 2 | Italian | numero | number; numeral, figure, digit; sketch; short and... |
| 3 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |