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Where does “treize” come from?

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

treize (French): thirteen

Definitions

  1. thirteen

Ancestry of “treize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtreize—
2Old Frenchtreize—
3Latintredecimthirteen; 13
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nos—
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “treize”

  • treizième
  • trez
  • trez
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →