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Where does “decimonoveno” come from?

decimonoveno (Spanish) comes from Spanish noveno, from Old Spanish noveno, from Latin novēnus, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

decimonoveno (Spanish): nineteenth

Definitions

  1. nineteenth

Ancestry of “decimonoveno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnovenoninth
2Old Spanishnovenoninth
3Latinnovēnus—
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nos—
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →