Etymology

renumber

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Today it means: To number again, to assign new numbers to. Full definition →

English number ← Middle English nombre ← Anglo-Norman noumbre
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latinnumerus
  7. Anglo-Normannoumbre
  8. Middle Englishnombre
  9. Englishnumber
  10. English todayrenumber

From re- + number.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.