Where does “dodecasillabo” come from?

dodecasillabo (Italian) comes from Italian dodeca-, from Ancient Greek δώδεκα, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥.

dodecasillabo (Italian): dodecasyllable; dodecasyllabic

Definitions

  1. dodecasyllable; dodecasyllabic

Ancestry of “dodecasillabo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandodeca-dodeca
2Ancient Greekδώδεκαtwelve
3Proto-Indo-European*dwoΗdeḱm̥—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek δώδεκα →Every word from Italian dodeca- →