Where does “dezyèm” come from?

dezyèm (Haitian Creole) comes from French deuxième, from French -ième, from Middle French -iesme, from Old French -esme, from Latin -esimus.

dezyèm (Haitian Creole): second ordinal number corresponding to two

Definitions

  1. second ordinal number corresponding to two

Ancestry of “dezyèm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdeuxièmesecond
2French-ième-st, -nd, and -th, the suffix denoting an ordinal...
3Middle French-iesmeth
4Old French-esme—
5Latin-esimus—
Every word from Latin -esimus →Every word from French -ième →Every word from French deuxième →