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Where does “onze” come from?

onze (Norman) comes from Old French onze, from Latin undecim, from Latin oinodecem, from Proto-Indo-European óynom déḱm̥t.

onze (Norman): eleven

Definitions

  1. eleven

Ancestry of “onze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchonze—
2Latinundecimeleven; 11
3Latinoinodecem—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanóynom déḱm̥t—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynom déḱm̥t →