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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
2Latindecimō—
3LatinDecimus—
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nos—
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
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