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
Ancestry of “diezmo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | diezmo | tithe; tenth |
| 2 | Old Spanish | diezmo | tithe |
| 3 | Latin | Decimus | — |
| 4 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 5 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |