Where does “seizième” come from?
seizième (French) comes from French seize, 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.
seizième (French): sixteenth
Ancestry of “seizième”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | seize | sixteen |
| 2 | Middle French | seze | sixteen |
| 3 | Old French | seize | — |
| 4 | Latin | sedecim | sixteen; 16 |
| 5 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 6 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |