tetrakaideka-

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fourteen

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alternative tetrakaideca-

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prefixfourteen

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Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτεσσᾰρεσκαίδεκᾰ“fourteen”
  2. 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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tetrakaideka-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetrakaideka-

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“tetrakaideka-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetrakaideka-. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tetrakaideka-,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetrakaideka-.

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