Where does “dozaine” come from?

dozaine (Old French) comes from Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin dodeci, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

dozaine (Old French): a group of twelve

Definitions

  1. a group of twelve

Ancestry of “dozaine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdozetwelve
2Vulgar Latindodeci—
3Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “dozaine”

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