Where does “decimeren” come from?

decimeren (Dutch) comes from French décimer, from Latin decimō, from Latin Decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

decimeren (Dutch): to decimate, to weaken; to decimate, to kill...

Definitions

  1. to decimate, to weaken; to decimate, to kill...

Ancestry of “decimeren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdécimerto decimate
2Latindecimōto decimate (select every tenth person for punishment)
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
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