Re: [tied] Romance numerals

From: Harald Hammarstrom
Message: 25830
Date: 2003-09-15

> On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:30:22 +0200 (MEST), Harald Hammarstrom
> <haha2581@...> wrote:
>
> >Sorry, couldn't find the answer to this with google...
> >
> >What's the etymology of the french-catalan-spanish-portuguese numerals
> >11-15 (and 16 for french) ending in -ce, -ze etc ? They're obviously
> >derived for the corresponding numerals 1-5 but what's the second element?
>
> Latin -decim
>

Thanks, and the -nte, -anta is from Latin -ginta no?

best wishes

Harald