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Where does “duodecuplo” come from?

duodecuplo (Italian) comes from Italian decuplo, from Latin decuplus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

duodecuplo (Italian): duodecuple

Definitions

  1. duodecuple

Ancestry of “duodecuplo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandecuplotenfold, decuple; decuple
2Latindecuplustenfold
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nos—
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →