Where does “doze” come from?

doze (Old French) comes 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.

doze (Old French): twelve

Definitions

  1. twelve

Ancestry of “doze”, step by step

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

Words derived from “doze”

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