英语词汇“Indo-European root: nem-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: nem-

释义

‌‌nem-
To assign, allot; also to take.
Derivatives include numb, nemesis, and nomad.

1. numb; benumb, from Old English niman, to take, seize;
2. nimble, from Old English nǣmel, quick to seize, and numol, quick at learning, seizing;
3. nim, from Old High German nëman, to take. a-c all from Germanic *nem‑.
nemesis; economy, from Greek nemein, to allot.
Suffixed e-grade form *nom-os, *nom-es‑. namaskar, namaste, from Sanskrit namaḥ, namas‑, obeisance.
O-grade form *nom‑.
1. nome, -nomy; anomie, antinomian, antinomy, astronomer, astronomy, autonomous, chironomid, Deuteronomy, metronome, nomograph, nomology, nomothetic, numismatic, from Greek nomos, portion, usage, custom, law, division, district;
2. noma, from Greek nomē, pasturage, grazing, hence a spreading, a spreading ulcer;
3. nomad, from Greek nomas, wandering in search of pasture;
4. nummular, nummulite, from Greek nomimos, legal.
Perhaps suffixed o-grade form *nom-eso‑. number, numeral; enumerate, innumerable, supernumerary, from Latin numerus, number, division.

[Pokorny 1. nem‑ 763.]

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