English
innumerous
Innumerous comes from Latin innumerus ‘countless, innumerable, numberless’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *nem- ‘to assign, allot’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-‘to assign, allot’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nomezosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnumerus‘number’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinnumerus‘countless, innumerable, numberless’
- Englishtodayinnumerous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-‘to assign, allot’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nomezosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnumerus‘number’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinnumerus‘countless, innumerable, numberless’
- Englishtodayinnumerous
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *nem- ‘to assign, allot’
nomadic, numb, nomad, nim, nome, naam, luma, enumeration, numismatics, enumerate, 26 more
through Latin numerus ‘number’
number, numeric, numeral, numeracy, numerator, numero, 10 more
Today it means
adj Not capable of being counted or numerated; indefinitely numerous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nem- / innumerous