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Where does “setzè” come from?

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

setzè (Catalan): sixteenth; sextodecimo; paper size; sextodecimo;...

Definitions

  1. sixteenth; sextodecimo; paper size; sextodecimo;...

Ancestry of “setzè”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsedecimsixteen; 16
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nos—
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →