Where does “դյուժին” come from?
դյուժին (Armenian) comes from Russian дю́жина, from French douzaine, from Middle French douzaine, from Old French dozaine, from Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin dodeci, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
դյուժին (Armenian): dozen
Ancestry of “դյուժին”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | дю́жина | dozen |
| 2 | French | douzaine | twelve; dozen; about twelve |
| 3 | Middle French | douzaine | — |
| 4 | Old French | dozaine | a group of twelve |
| 5 | Old French | doze | twelve |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | dodeci | — |
| 7 | Latin | duodecim | twelve; 12; dozen |
| 8 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 9 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |