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

decimonoveno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish noveno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnovenoninth
2Old Spanishnovenoninth
3LatinnovēnusNine each
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Spanish décimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdécimotenth; participation in the lottery; 10-centésimo...
2LatinDecimusoriginally used for a tenth-born son
3Latindecemten; 10
4Proto-Italicdekemten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin novēnus
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