The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromεἴκοσι“twenty”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδώδεκα
- English todaydocos-
From do- + -cos-, from Ancient Greek δώδεκα (dṓdeka) and Latinized form of Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδώδεκα all →
docosa-dodeca-dodecaphonist
Ancient Greekεἴκοσι all →
-cosa-docosa-eicosanoic acidicosa-icositetrachorontetracos-tetracosa-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.