Where does “decimoctavo” come from?
decimoctavo (Spanish) comes from Spanish octavo, from Latin octāvus, from Proto-Italic oktāwos, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwos, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...
decimoctavo (Spanish): eighteenth
Definitions
- eighteenth
Ancestry of “decimoctavo”, step by step
decimoctavo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish octavo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | octavo | eighth |
| 2 | Latin | octāvus | eighth; the ordinal number between septimus and nōnus |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | oktāwos | eighth |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | oḱtṓwos | eighth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | oḱtṓw | eight |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | aḱ- | sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,... |
via Spanish décimo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | décimo | tenth; participation in the lottery; 10-centésimo... |
| 2 | Latin | Decimus | originally used for a tenth-born son |
| 3 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 4 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |