Where does “doajen” come from?

doajen (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French doyen, from Old French deien, from Latin decānus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

doajen (Serbo-Croatian): doyen

Definitions

  1. doyen

Ancestry of “doajen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdoyendean; senior member, doyen
2Old Frenchdeien—
3Latindecānuschief of ten people (in various contexts)
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →