Where does “dodecadă” come from?

dodecadă (Romanian) comes from Greek δωδεκάδα, from Greek δώδεκα, from Ancient Greek δώδεκα, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥.

dodecadă (Romanian): a group of twelve boyars from the retinue of the prince

Definitions

  1. a group of twelve boyars from the retinue of the prince

Ancestry of “dodecadă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekδωδεκάδαtwelve
2Greekδώδεκαtwelve
3Ancient Greekδώδεκαtwelve
4Proto-Indo-European*dwoΗdeḱm̥—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek δώδεκα →Every word from Greek δώδεκα →