Where does “decimosexto” come from?
decimosexto (Spanish) comes from Spanish décimo, from Latin Decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
decimosexto (Spanish): sixteenth
Definitions
- sixteenth
Ancestry of “decimosexto”, step by step
decimosexto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |