Where does “a-dose” come from?

a-dose (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dose, from Spanish doce, 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.

a-dose (Tagalog): twelfth day of the month

Definitions

twelfth day of the month

Ancestry of “a-dose”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Tagalog	dose	twelve
2	Spanish	doce	twelve
3	Old Spanish	doze	twelve
4	Latin	duodecim	twelve; 12; dozen
5	Latin	decem	ten; 10
6	Latin	-nus	-an
7	Proto-Italic	-nos	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems
8	Proto-Indo-European	-nós	Creates verbal adjectives from roots

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