Where does “quinze” come from?

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

quinze (Middle French): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “quinze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquindecimfifteen; 15
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “quinze”

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