Where does “dudeka” come from?

dudeka (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto dek, from Ancient Greek δέκα, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

dudeka (Esperanto): twentieth

Definitions

  1. twentieth

Ancestry of “dudeka”, step by step

dudeka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto dek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantodekten
2Ancient Greekδέκαten
3Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
4Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Esperanto du

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantodutwo
2Frenchdeuxtwo; twos
3Middle Frenchdeuxtwo
4Old Frenchdeux
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek λέγωEvery word from Ancient Greek λόγος