Where does “docena” come from?

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

docena (Spanish): dozen; feminine singular of doceno

Definitions

  1. dozen; feminine singular of doceno

Ancestry of “docena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishdozenafeminine singular of dozeno
2Old Spanishdozetwelve
3Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “docena”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →