"twelve" in seven languages
Meaningtwelve
Spanish
doce
/ˈdoθe/
inherited
French
douze
/duz/
inherited
Italian
dodici
/ˈdoditʃi/
inherited
Portuguese
doze
/ˈdozi/
inherited
Romanian
doisprezece
/ˈdojsprezetʃe/
other source · Romanian compound doi spre zece 'two upon ten'
Colloquially doișpe.
Catalan
dotze
/ˈdodzə/
inherited
English
twelve
/twɛlv/
native English · Old English twelf 'two left (over ten)'
English → ItaliantwelvedodiciNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: dozen (from French douzaine), duodecimal.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DUODECIM‘twelve’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A dozen is a French 'twelve-some'; Spanish docena and Italian dozzina are the same idea.
English relatives: dozen (from French douzaine), duodecimal
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