Where does “dodicenne” come from?

dodicenne (Italian) comes from Italian dodici, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

dodicenne (Italian): twelve-year-old

Definitions

  1. twelve-year-old

Ancestry of “dodicenne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandodicitwelve
2Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem
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