nummuliteEtymologyFrom French nummulite, and its source, Latin nummulus (“little coin”); and from scientific Latin Nummulites (genus name). By surface analysis, numm(us) + -ule + -ite.nummulite means A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.