Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
prefixfourteen
Origin
- Ancient Greekτεσσᾰρεσκαίδεκᾰ“fourteen”
- Englishtetrakaideka-
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεσσᾰρεσκαίδεκᾰ (tessăreskaídekă, “fourteen”), from τέσσᾰρες (téssăres, “four”) + καί (kaí, “and”) + δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”). By surface analysis, tetra- + -kai- + deka-.
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