Where does “meia” come from?

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

meia (Portuguese): sock; Short for meia-entrada; obsolete unit of...

Definitions

  1. sock; Short for meia-entrada; obsolete unit of...

Ancestry of “meia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemeia dúziahalf a dozen; couple
2Portuguesedúziadozen
3Old Portugueseducea—
4Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
5Latindecemten; 10
6Latin-nus-an
7Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “meia”

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