Where does “sedecim” come from?

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

sedecim (Latin): sixteen; 16

Definitions

  1. sixteen; 16

Ancestry of “sedecim”, step by step

sedecim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin decem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecemten; 10
2Latin-nus-an
3Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Latin sex

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsexsix; 6
2Proto-Italicsekssix
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sedecim”

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