Where does “tucatszámra” come from?

tucatszámra (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tucat, from German Dutzend, from Middle High German tozen, from Old French dozaine, from Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin dodeci, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

tucatszámra (Hungarian): by the dozen

Definitions

  1. by the dozen

Ancestry of “tucatszámra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantucatdozen
2GermanDutzenddozen
3Middle High Germantozen
4Old Frenchdozainea group of twelve
5Old Frenchdozetwelve
6Vulgar Latindodeci
7Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
8Latindecemten; 10
9Latin-nus-an
10Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
11Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem