Where does “quindecemvir” come from?

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

Ancestry of “quindecemvir”, step by step

quindecemvir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin quindecim

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	quindecim	fifteen; 15
2	Latin	decem	ten; 10
3	Latin	-nus	-an
4	Proto-Italic	-nos	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5	Proto-Indo-European	-nós	Creates verbal adjectives from roots

via Latin vir

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	vir	man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,...
2	Proto-Italic	wiros	a man
3	Proto-Indo-European	wiHrós	man; husband; warrior, hero
4	Proto-Indo-European	weyh₁-	to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “quindecemvir”

quindecemvir

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