Where does “dozenalism” come from?
dozenalism (English) comes from English dozenal, from English dozen, from Middle English dozen, from Old French dozaine, from Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin dodeci, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
dozenalism (English): The belief that humans should use a base 12, or...
Definitions
- The belief that humans should use a base 12, or...
Ancestry of “dozenalism”, step by step
dozenalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dozenal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dozenal | Of a number, expressed in base 12; A value in a... |
| 2 | English | dozen | A set of twelve; A large, unspecified number of,... |
| 3 | Middle English | dozen | — |
| 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 | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |