English
enumerate
Enumerate comes from Latin enumerātus ‘enumerated’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *nem-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-next step skipped: Latin ēnumerō
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEenumerātus‘enumerated’
- Englishearliest quotation 1646enumerate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-next step skipped: Latin ēnumerō
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEenumerātus‘enumerated’
- Englishearliest quotation 1646enumerate
Earliest quotation: 1646, George Gillespie: “So many scandals as are enumerate in the Ordinance.”
first attested First attested in 1600–1650 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1600–1650; borrowed from Latin enumerātus, the perfect passive participle of enumerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *nem-
number, numerous, nomadic, numb, nomad, nim, nome, innumerable, numeric, naam, luma, numeral, numeracy, numero, numismatics, numerator, 26 more
Today it means
verb To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nem- / enumerate