Where does “supranumerar” come from?

supranumerar (Romanian) comes from Romanian numerar, from French numéraire, from Late Latin numerarius, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

supranumerar (Romanian): supernumerary

Definitions

  1. supernumerary

Ancestry of “supranumerar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannumerarcash
2Frenchnumérairecurrency
3Late Latinnumerariusaccountant; arithmetician; keeper of accounts;...
4Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
5Proto-Italicnomezos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →Every word from Proto-Italic nomezos →Every word from Latin numerus →