Where does “decimoquarto” come from?

decimoquarto (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.

decimoquarto (Italian): fourteenth referring to popes, kings, etc

Definitions

  1. fourteenth referring to popes, kings, etc

Ancestry of “decimoquarto”, step by step

decimoquarto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian decimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandecimotenth; first-person singular present of decimare
2LatinDecimusoriginally used for a tenth-born son
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Italian quarto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquartofourth
2Latinquārtusfourth
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →