Where does “duodécimal” come from?

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

duodécimal (French): duodecimal

Definitions

  1. duodecimal

Ancestry of “duodécimal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecemten; 10
2Latin-nus-an
3Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “duodécimal”

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