English
nummular
Nummular comes from Latin nummulus ‘money’, from Doric Greek νοῦμμος ‘nummus, a coin used by the Romans’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-root as named · steps between not traced
- Doric Greekmodernνοῦμμος‘nummus, a coin used by the Romans’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnummus‘piece of money’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnummulus‘money’
- Englishtodaynummular
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-root as named · steps between not traced
- Doric Greekmodernνοῦμμος‘nummus, a coin used by the Romans’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnummus‘piece of money’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnummulus‘money’
- Englishtodaynummular
The story
From Latin nummulus (‘(small amount of) money’) + English -ar (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of, pertaining to, or near’). Nummulus is the diminutive of nummus (‘a coin; piece of money’) + -ulus (diminutive suffix); while nummus is from Doric Greek νοῦμμος (noûmmos), from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “kind of coin”), from νέμω (némō, “to deal out, dispense, distribute”) (from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (‘to distribute; to give; to take’)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *nem-
number, numerous, nomadic, nomad, numb, nim, innumerable, nome, numeric, numeral, naam, enumeration, numeracy, numero, enumerate, luma, numerator, numismatics, 24 more
Today it means
adj Of or relating to coins or money.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nem- / nummular