Etymograph

English

numerate

Numerate comes from Latin numerātus ‘counted, enumerated, having been counted’, from numerus ‘number’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nomezosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnumerus‘number’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnumerō‘count, reckon’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnumerātus‘counted, enumerated, having been counted’
  6. Englishtodaynumerate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nomezosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnumerus‘number’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnumerō‘count, reckon’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnumerātus‘counted, enumerated, having been counted’
  6. Englishtodaynumerate

Equivalent to numerus + -ate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *nem-

nomadic, nomad, numb, nim, nome, naam, luma, enumeration, numismatics, 31 more

through Latin numerus ‘number’

number, innumerable, 14 more

Today it means

verb To count.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nem- / numerate

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