Where does “Dodecanesus” come from?

Dodecanesus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Δωδεκάνησα, from Ancient Greek δώδεκα, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥.

Ancestry of “Dodecanesus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΔωδεκάνησαtwelve islands
2Ancient Greekδώδεκαtwelve
3Proto-Indo-European*dwoΗdeḱm̥—

Words derived from “Dodecanesus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek δώδεκα →Every word from Ancient Greek Δωδεκάνησα →