-sprezece
Romanian
Alternative forms
- -sprece, -șpe — informal
Etymology
Univerbation of spre + zece, literally “to ten”. The formation is otherwise unknown to the Romance languages, and was influenced by neighbouring languages, such as Albanian -mbëdhjetë and Old Church Slavonic на десѧте (na desęte).[1]
Suffix
-sprezece
- -teen (+10)
- un (“one”) + -sprezece → unsprezece (“eleven”)
- cinci (“five”) + -sprezece → cincisprezece (“fifteen”)
Derived terms
Romanian terms suffixed with -sprezece