Where does “quindecile” come from?

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

quindecile (English): A fifteenth of a circle (24 degrees)

Definitions

  1. A fifteenth of a circle (24 degrees)

Ancestry of “quindecile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishquindec-Fifteen
2Latinquindecimfifteen; 15
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →
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