Etymology

tetradeca-

Today it means: fourteen Full definition →

English deca- ← French déca- ← Late Latin decas
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
  3. Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
  4. Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
  5. Englishtetra-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  7. Proto-Hellenic*dékə
  8. Ancient Greekδέκᾰ (dékă)
  9. Ancient Greekδεκάς (dekás)
  10. Late Latindecas
  11. Frenchdéca-
  12. Englishdeca-
  13. English todaytetradeca-

From tetra- + deca-.

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