Where does “diezmo” come from?

diezmo (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Spanish diezmo, from Old Spanish diezmo, from Latin Decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

diezmo (Classical Nahuatl): tithe

Definitions

  1. tithe

Ancestry of “diezmo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdiezmotithe; tenth
2Old Spanishdiezmotithe
3LatinDecimusoriginally used for a tenth-born son
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem