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Where does “quindecemvir” come from?

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

quindecemvir (English): Any member of an official group of fifteen...

Definitions

  1. Any member of an official group of fifteen...

Ancestry of “quindecemvir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquindecemvir—
2Latinquindecimfifteen; 15
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nos—
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →