Etymology

numeration

N1U1M3E1R1A1T1I1O1N1

Today it means: The act of counting or numbering; enumeration. Full definition →

Middle English numeracioun ← Latin numerātiō
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · derived fromnumerātiō
  2. Middle English · inherited fromnumeracioun
  3. English todaynumeration

From Middle English numeracioun, from Latin numerātiō. By surface analysis, numerate + -ion.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.