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- French · derived fromDuodécembre
- Latin · derived fromduodecim“twelve”
- English todayDuodecember
From Latin duodecim (“twelve”); formed as logical continuation to December, which in its turn is derived from Latin decem (“ten”), as it was the tenth month in the Roman calendar. Possibly taken from the French Duodécembre, used by Sylvain Maréchal in 1788
Words from the same roots
Latinduodecim all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.