Where does “dezassete” come from?

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

dezassete (Portuguese): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “dezassete”, step by step

dezassete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese dez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesedezten
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Old Portuguese e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseeand; Alternative form of é
2Latinetand; plus; though, even if
3Proto-Indo-Europeanétibeyond; over
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éand, then
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem