Etymology

numerate

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Today it means: To count. Full definition →

Latin numerātus
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numerate · verb1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromnumerātus
  2. English todaynumerate

From Latin numerātus, perfect past participle of numerō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)). By surface analysis, Latin numerus + -ate.

numerate · adjective2

From Latin numerus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), by analogy with literate. Coined with numeracy in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther.

numerate · adjective3

  1. Latin · derived fromnumerātus
  2. Middle English · inherited fromnumerat, numerate
  3. English todaynumerate

From Middle English numerat, numerate, from Latin numerātus, perfect past participle of numerō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix, of participial origin)).

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