Where does “treizième” come from?
treizième (French) comes from French treize, 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.
treizième (French): thirteenth
Ancestry of “treizième”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | treize | thirteen |
| 2 | Middle French | treize | — |
| 3 | Old French | treize | — |
| 4 | Latin | tredecim | thirteen; 13 |
| 5 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 6 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |