There is no"o" in the word"number", but its short form is "No." WHY?

[nq:1]There is no"o" in the word"number", but its short form is "No." WHY?[/nq]
Probably from "numero" or whatever the Latin is.
Owain

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[nq:2]There is no"o" in the word"number", but its short form is "No." WHY?[/nq]
[nq:1]Probably from "numero" or whatever the Latin is.[/nq]
Numero is Italian and, in some cases, French.
Latin is "numerus". Or, for a really classic touch, "NVMERVS".

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[nq:2]Probably from "numero" or whatever the Latin is.[/nq]
[nq:1]Numero is Italian and, in some cases, French. Latin is "numerus". Or, for a really classic touch, "NVMERVS".[/nq]
I thought it wasn't numero :-)
Maybe into English from Old French? It's often written with the o raised above the baseline - am I right in thinking Spanish ordinal numbers are written with an o or an a simila

Owain schrieb:
[nq:2]Numero is Italian and, in some cases, French. Latin is "numerus". Or, for a really classic touch, "NVMERVS".[/nq]
[nq:1]I thought it wasn't numero :-) Maybe into English from Old French? It's often written with the o raised above the baseline - am I right in thinking Spanish ordinal numbers are written with an o or an a similarly?[/nq]
According to the Merriam-Webs

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[nq:1]According to the Merriam-Webster On-Line dictionary it derives from "numero" the ablative form of the Latin word "numerus".[/nq]
So it would be something like "at the number..." or "by the number...".

One of the funniest genuine ethymological derivations I know of is the origin of the English noun "item".