Where does “다스” come from?
다스 (Korean) comes from Japanese ダース, from English dozen, from Middle English dozen, from Old French dozaine, from Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin dodeci, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
다스 (Korean): dozen set of twelve
Definitions
- dozen set of twelve
Ancestry of “다스”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ダース | dozen |
| 2 | English | dozen | A set of twelve; A large, unspecified number of,... |
| 3 | Middle English | dozen | — |
| 4 | Old French | dozaine | a group of twelve |
| 5 | Old French | doze | twelve |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | dodeci | — |
| 7 | Latin | duodecim | twelve; 12; dozen |
| 8 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 9 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |