Etymograph

English

numeric

Numeric comes from French numérique ‘number, numeric, numerical’, and goes back to 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. Frenchc. 1600–presentnumérique‘number, numeric, numerical’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2000numeric

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. Frenchc. 1600–presentnumérique‘number, numeric, numerical’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2000numeric

Earliest quotation: 2000, Ivan H. Witten, Eibe Frank: “Because statisticians use the term regression for the process…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *nem-

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

through Latin numerus ‘number’

number, innumerable, 14 more

Today it means

adj Of or relating to numbers, especially the characters 0 to 9.

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

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