Where does “doze” come from?

doze (Portuguese) comes 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.

doze (Portuguese): twelve; shotgun; Obsolete spelling of dose

Definitions

  1. twelve; shotgun; Obsolete spelling of dose

Ancestry of “doze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesedoze—
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 →