Where does “subdecano” come from?

subdecano (Spanish) comes from Spanish decano, from Late Latin decanus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

subdecano (Spanish): second oldest person

Definitions

  1. second oldest person

Ancestry of “subdecano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdecanosenior, eldest person; decane
2Late Latindecanuschief of ten people; dean; chief of ten people;...
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós
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