num·mu·lite 
(nŭmyə-līt′)
(nŭmyə-līt′)n.
A large, coin-shaped, fossil foraminifer of the genus Nummulites, widely distributed in limestone formations from the Eocene Epoch to the Miocene Epoch of the Cenozoic.
[From New Latin Nummulītēs, type genus, from Latin nummulus, diminutive of nummus, coin, probably from Greek nomimos, customary, legal; see nem- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
num′mu·litic (-lĭtĭk) adj.
- Indo-European root: (s)mer-
- Indo-European root: (s)mer-
- Indo-European root: sneigwh-
- Indo-European root: (s)neəu-
- Indo-European root: snā-
- Indo-European root: (s)nāu-
- Indo-European root: (s)nē-
- Indo-European root: so-
- Indo-European root: sol-
- Indo-European root: spek-
- Indo-European root: (s)pen-
- Indo-European root: spend-
- Indo-European root: sper-
- Indo-European root: sperə-
- Indo-European root: spē-
- Indo-European root: sreu-
- Indo-European root: (s)teg-
- Indo-European root: stegh-
- Indo-European root: steig-
- Indo-European root: steigh-
- Indo-European root: stel-
- Indo-European root: (s)tenə-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: ster-