English
enumeration
Enumeration comes from Middle French énumeration, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *nem-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600énumeration
- Englishearliest quotation 2010enumeration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600énumeration
- Englishearliest quotation 2010enumeration
Earliest quotation: 2010, Robert W. Sebesta, Concepts of Programming Languages: “In Ada, enumeration literals are allowed to appear in…”
Equivalent to enumerate + -ion
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *nem-
number, numerous, numb, nomadic, nomad, nim, nome, innumerable, numeric, naam, luma, numeral, numeracy, numero, numismatics, numerator, 26 more
Today it means
noun The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nem- / enumeration