Where does “quinzième” come from?
quinzième (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.
quinzième (French): fifteenth
Ancestry of “quinzième”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | quinze | fifteen |
| 2 | Middle French | quinze | fifteen |
| 3 | Latin | quindecim | fifteen; 15 |
| 4 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 5 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |