"nineteen" in seven languages
Meaningnineteen
Spanish
diecinueve
/djeθiˈnwebe/
inherited
French
dix-neuf
/diznœf/
inherited
Italian
diciannove
/ditʃanˈnɔve/
inherited
Portuguese
dezenove
/dezeˈnɔvi/
inherited
Romanian
nouăsprezece
/ˈnowəsprezetʃe/
other source · Romanian compound nouă spre zece 'nine upon ten'
Catalan
dinou
/diˈnɔw/
inherited
English
nineteen
/naɪnˈtin/
Indo-European kin · PIE *h₁néwn̥ + *déḱm̥
English → ItaliannineteendiciannoveDistant cognateRelated only through Indo-European, thousands of years back (night ~ noche).What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DECEM + NOVEM‘ten + nine (a Romance compound; Latin said ŪNDĒVĪGINTĪ, 'one from twenty')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Note the liaison in French: dix-huit and dix-neuf say [diz].
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