Where does “dècima” come from?

dècima (Catalan) comes from Latin Decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

dècima (Catalan): feminine singular of dècim; A stanza with ten...

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of dècim; A stanza with ten...

Ancestry of “dècima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinDecimusoriginally used for a tenth-born son
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →