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Where does “dozeno” come from?

dozeno (Old Spanish) comes from Portuguese doze, from Old Portuguese doze, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

dozeno (Old Spanish): twelfth

Definitions

  1. twelfth

Ancestry of “dozeno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedozetwelve; shotgun; Obsolete spelling of dose
2Old Portuguesedoze—
3Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nos—
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “dozeno”

  • docena
  • adocenamiento
  • adocenar
  • adocenado
  • dosena
  • dozena
  • dosena
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →