Where does “seize” come from?

seize (French) comes from Middle French seze, from Old French seize, from Latin sedecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

seize (French): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “seize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchsezesixteen
2Old Frenchseize—
3Latinsedecimsixteen; 16
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “seize”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →