numeral的词源

英文词源

numeral (n.)

1520s, "word expressing a number," from Middle French numéral (late 15c.), from Late Latin numeralis "of or belonging to a number," from Latin numerus "a number" (see number (n.)). Meaning "figure standing for a number" is from 1680s. As an adjective, "expressing number," from 1520s.

中文词源

numeral：数字的

numer-,数字，-al,形容词后缀。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：numeral 词源，numeral 含义。

numeral：数的；表示数的；代表数目的

词根词缀： -numer-数 + -al形容词词尾