-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).

Suffix

-sprezece

1. -teen (+10)

   ‎un (“one”) + ‎-sprezece → ‎unsprezece (“eleven”)

   ‎cinci (“five”) + ‎-sprezece → ‎cincisprezece (“fifteen”)

Derived terms

Romanian terms suffixed with -sprezece