Where does “kinsenas” come from?
kinsenas (Cebuano) comes from Spanish quincenas, from Spanish quincena, from Spanish quince, from Old Spanish quinze, from Latin quindecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
kinsenas (Cebuano): A period of fifteen days; A half month period,...
Definitions
- A period of fifteen days; A half month period,...
Ancestry of “kinsenas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | quincenas | plural of quincena |
| 2 | Spanish | quincena | a period of fifteen days; a half month period,... |
| 3 | Spanish | quince | fifteen |
| 4 | Old Spanish | quinze | fifteen |
| 5 | Latin | quindecim | fifteen; 15 |
| 6 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 7 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |