Where does “duodecennium” come from?

duodecennium (Latin) comes from Latin duodecennis, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

duodecennium (Latin): a duodecade, a twelve-year period

Definitions

  1. a duodecade, a twelve-year period

Ancestry of “duodecennium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinduodecennistwelve years old
2Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “duodecennium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →