Where does “a-kinse” come from?

a-kinse (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kinse, 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.

a-kinse (Tagalog): fifteenth day of the month

Definitions

  1. fifteenth day of the month

Ancestry of “a-kinse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkinsefifteen
2Spanishquincefifteen
3Old Spanishquinzefifteen
4Latinquindecimfifteen; 15
5Latindecemten; 10
6Latin-nus-an
7Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem