Where does “des” come from?

des (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese dez, from Old Portuguese dez, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

des (Guinea-Bissau Creole): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “des”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedezten; awesome, amazing; very cool, very nice
2Old Portuguesedezten
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →