The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix I
Indo-European Roots
ENTRY:
nem-
DEFINITION:
To assign, allot; also to take. Derivatives include numb, nemesis, and nomad. 1a.nim1, numb; benumb, from Old English niman, to take, seize; b.nimble, from Old English nmel, quick to seize, and numol, quick at learning, seizing; c.nim2, from Old High German nëman, to take. a–c all from Germanic *nem-.2.nemesis; economy, from Greek nemein, to allot. 3. O-grade form *nom-.a.lumma, nome, –nomy; anomie, antinomian, antinomy, astronomer, astronomy, autonomous, Deuteronomy, metronome, nomograph, nomology, nomothetic, numismatic, from Greek nomos, portion, usage, custom, law, division, district; b.noma, from Greek nom, pasturage, grazing, hence a spreading, a spreading ulcer; c.nomad, from Greek nomas, wandering in search of pasture; d.nummular, nummulite, from Greek nomimos, legal. 4. Perhaps suffixed o-grade form *nom-eso-.number, numeral; enumerate, innumerable, supernumerary, from Latin numerus, number, division. (Pokorny 1. nem- 763.)
mel, quick to seize, and numol, quick at learning, seizing; c. nim2, from Old High German nëman, to take. a–c all from Germanic *nem-. 2. nemesis; economy, from Greek nemein, to allot. 3. O-grade form *nom-. a. lumma, nome, –nomy; anomie, antinomian, antinomy, astronomer, astronomy, autonomous, Deuteronomy, metronome, nomograph, nomology, nomothetic, numismatic, from Greek nomos, portion, usage, custom, law, division, district; b. noma, from Greek nom
, pasturage, grazing, hence a spreading, a spreading ulcer; c. nomad, from Greek nomas, wandering in search of pasture; d. nummular, nummulite, from Greek nomimos, legal. 4. Perhaps suffixed o-grade form *nom-eso-. number, numeral; enumerate, innumerable, supernumerary, from Latin numerus, number, division. (Pokorny 1. nem- 763.) 
