This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Dutzend. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
Dutzend, neuter, ‘dozen,’ from the equivalent late Middle High German totzen, with an excrescent final d (see Jemand, Mond); from French douzaine (compare Italian dozzina), whence also English dozen, Dutch dozijn; ultimately derived from Latin duodecim.