Etymology

trideca-

Today it means: thirteen Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  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 todaytrideca-

From tri- + deca-.

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