Etymology of the English word number
the English word
numberderived from the English word
nomederived from the Greek word
nomos, νόμος (law; name; law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle))
derived from the Greek word
nemein, νέμω
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nem-derived from the English word
nimenDerivations in English
antenumber,
numberless,
outnumber,
numberedCognates
Dutch
nummer, French
nombre, French
numéro, German
Nummer, Icelandic
númer, Italian
numero, Latin
numerus, Lithuanian
numeris, Portuguese
numero, Russian
номep, Spanish
numero, Swedish
nummer, Yiddish
numerUsage
Word found in Modern English
