English
nummulation
Nummulation comes from Latin nummulus ‘money’, and goes back to Doric Greek νοῦμμος ‘nummus, a coin used by the Romans’.
- Doric Greekmodernνοῦμμος‘nummus, a coin used by the Romans’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnummus‘piece of money’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnummulus‘money’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886nummulation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Doric Greekmodernνοῦμμος‘nummus, a coin used by the Romans’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnummus‘piece of money’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnummulus‘money’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886nummulation
Earliest quotation: 1886, William Osler, Cartwright Lectures on Certain Problems in the Physiology of: “A marked peculiarity of these bodies is their tendency…”
Formed from -ation
Every English word from Doric Greek νοῦμμος
Today it means
noun The arrangement or aggregation of red blood cells into rouleaux, resembling piles of coins.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Doric Greek νοῦμμος / nummulation