Where does “decalogue” come from?
Decalogue comes from Middle French Décalogue, from Middle French decalogus, from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος, combining δεκα- (ten) and λόγος (word or discourse), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root leǵ- meaning to speak or gather.
decalogue (English): Alternative spelling of Decalogue
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of Decalogue
Ancestry of “decalogue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Decalogue | Any set of rules that have the weight of... |
| 2 | Middle French | Décalogue | — |
| 3 | Latin | decalogus | Decalogue |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δεκάλογος | Decalogue, the Ten Commandments |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λόγος | word, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |