Where does “quinze” come from?

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

quinze (English): An old French card game of Spanish origin,...

Definitions

  1. An old French card game of Spanish origin,...

Ancestry of “quinze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquinzefifteen
2Middle Frenchquinzefifteen
3Latinquindecimfifteen; 15
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem