Where does “درجن” come from?
درجن (Urdu) comes from Hindi दर्जन, from English dozen, from Middle English dozen, from Old French dozaine, from Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin dodeci, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
درجن (Urdu): dozen
Definitions
- dozen
Ancestry of “درجن”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | दर्जन | dozen |
| 2 | English | dozen | A set of twelve; A large, unspecified number of,... |
| 3 | Middle English | dozen | — |
| 4 | Old French | dozaine | a group of twelve |
| 5 | Old French | doze | twelve |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | dodeci | — |
| 7 | Latin | duodecim | twelve; 12; dozen |
| 8 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 9 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |