Where does “Dene” come from?

Dene (English) comes from Middle English dene, from Latin dēnī, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

Dene (English): An Athabascan people of Canada, especially of the...

Definitions

  1. An Athabascan people of Canada, especially of the...

Ancestry of “Dene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdenevalley
2Latindēnī—
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “Dene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →