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-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “treize”

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