Where does “quinzena” come from?

quinzena (Catalan) comes from Catalan quinzè, from Latin quindecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

quinzena (Catalan): feminine singular of quinzè; A set of fifteen...

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of quinzè; A set of fifteen...

Ancestry of “quinzena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanquinzèfifteenth
2Latinquindecimfifteen; 15
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →