Where does “№” come from?

№ (Russian) comes from French numéro, from Italian numero, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

№ (Russian): No., number

Definitions

  1. No., number

Ancestry of “№”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnuméronumber; phone number
2Italiannumeronumber; numeral, figure, digit; sketch; short and...
3Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
4Proto-Italicnomezos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—

Words derived from “№”

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