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

Definitions

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	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems
8	Proto-Indo-European	-nós	Creates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “seizième”

16e
seizièmement

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