Where does “dezaseis” come from?

dezaseis (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dezesseis, from Old Portuguese dez, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

dezaseis (Portuguese): Obsolete form of dezesseis

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of dezesseis

Ancestry of “dezaseis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedezesseissixteen
2Old Portuguesedezten
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 →