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Where does “duodecimale” come from?

duodecimale (Italian) comes from Italian decimale, from Late Latin decimalis, from Latin Decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

duodecimale (Italian): duodecimal

Definitions

  1. duodecimal

Ancestry of “duodecimale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandecimaledecimal
2Late Latindecimalisdecimal
3LatinDecimus—
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nos—
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →