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Where does “trece” come from?

trece (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish treze, from Latin tredecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

trece (Spanish): thirteen; a member of the Council of Thirteen of...

Definitions

  1. thirteen; a member of the Council of Thirteen of...

Ancestry of “trece”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishtrezethirteen
2Latintredecimthirteen; 13
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nos—
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →