Where does “quinzaine” come from?

quinzaine (French) 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.

quinzaine (French): about fifteen people, about fifteen things, etc;...

Definitions

  1. about fifteen people, about fifteen things, etc;...

Ancestry of “quinzaine”, 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

Words derived from “quinzaine

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem