Where does “dés” come from?
dés (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese dez, from Old Portuguese dez, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
dés (Kabuverdianu): ten
Ancestry of “dés”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | dez | ten; awesome, amazing; very cool, very nice |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | dez | ten |
| 3 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 4 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |