enumerator

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ē-
Proto-Indo-European *nem-
Proto-Italic *nomezos
Latin numerus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin numerō
Latin ēnumerō
Latin ēnumerātusbor.
English enumerate
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin -ātor
Old French -eorbor.
Middle English -our
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Latin -torlbor.
English -or
English enumerator

    From enumerate + -or.

    Noun

    enumerator (plural enumerators)

    1. A person who, or a thing that enumerates; a counter or iterator.
      • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:
        The basic idea is that the researcher conducting the transect (called the counter or enumerator) walks along a set path at certain intervals (hourly, daily, monthly, etc.) and tallies all instances of whatever is being surveyed.
    2. A census taker.

    Derived terms

    • enumerator polynomial

    Translations

    Latin

    Verb

    ēnumerātor

    1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēnumerō
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