Where does “№№” come from?

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

№№ (Russian): plural of №: numbers

Definitions

  1. plural of №: numbers

Ancestry of “№№”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian№No., number
2Frenchnuméronumber; phone number
3Italiannumeronumber; numeral, figure, digit; sketch; short and...
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 →