Where does “seize” come from?

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

seize (Norman): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “seize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchseize—
2Latinsedecimsixteen; 16
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →