Where does “quincena” come from?

quincena (Spanish) comes from Spanish quince, from Old Spanish quinze, from Latin quindecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

quincena (Spanish): a period of fifteen days; a half month period,...

Definitions

a period of fifteen days; a half month period,...

Ancestry of “quincena”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	quince	fifteen
2	Old Spanish	quinze	fifteen
3	Latin	quindecim	fifteen; 15
4	Latin	decem	ten; 10
5	Latin	-nus	-an
6	Proto-Italic	-nos	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7	Proto-Indo-European	-nós	Creates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “quincena”

kinsena
quincenas
kinsenas

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