Where does “duodecimo” come from?

Duodecimo derives from Latin duodecimus, the ordinal form of duodecim meaning twelve, which combines Latin decem meaning ten with Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ meaning two.

duodecimo (English): A size of paper, so called because it is...

Definitions

  1. A size of paper, so called because it is...

Ancestry of “duodecimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinduodecimustwelfth
2Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
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