Where does “quindecemvirate” come from?
quindecemvirate (English) comes from English quindecimvirate, from Latin quindecimviratus, from Latin quindecimvir, from Latin quindecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
quindecemvirate (English): Alternative form of quindecimvirate
Definitions
- Alternative form of quindecimvirate
Ancestry of “quindecemvirate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quindecimvirate | A group of fifteen people, "especially" a... |
| 2 | Latin | quindecimviratus | quindecimvirate |
| 3 | Latin | quindecimvir | quindecimvir |
| 4 | Latin | quindecim | fifteen; 15 |
| 5 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 6 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |