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Where does “adocenamiento” come from?

adocenamiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish adocenar, from Spanish docena, from Old Spanish dozena, from Old Spanish doze, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

adocenamiento (Spanish): conformity

Definitions

  1. conformity

Ancestry of “adocenamiento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishadocenarto conform
2Spanishdocenadozen; feminine singular of doceno
3Old Spanishdozenafeminine singular of dozeno
4Old Spanishdozetwelve
5Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
6Latindecemten; 10
7Latin-nus-an
8Proto-Italic-nos—
9Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
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