Where does “tredecennium” come from?
tredecennium (Latin) comes from Latin tredecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
tredecennium (Latin): a thirteen-year period
Ancestry of “tredecennium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tredecim | thirteen; 13 |
| 2 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 3 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |