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Where does “decimoprimo” come from?

decimoprimo (Italian) comes from Italian decimo, from Latin Decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

decimoprimo (Italian): eleventh

Definitions

  1. eleventh

Ancestry of “decimoprimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandecimotenth; first-person singular present of decimare
2LatinDecimus—
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nos—
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →