Where does “septendecim” come from?

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

septendecim (Latin): seventeen; 17

Definitions

  1. seventeen; 17

Ancestry of “septendecim”, step by step

septendecim 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 Septem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSeptemseven; 7
2Proto-Italicseptemseven
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

Words derived from “septendecim”

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