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