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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

  1. Alternative form of quindecimvirate

Ancestry of “quindecemvirate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquindecimvirateA group of fifteen people, "especially" a...
2Latinquindecimviratusquindecimvirate
3Latinquindecimvirquindecimvir
4Latinquindecimfifteen; 15
5Latindecemten; 10
6Latin-nus-an
7Proto-Italic-nos—
8Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
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