Where does “decasyllable” come from?
decasyllable (English) comes from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.
decasyllable (English): A verse form having ten syllables in each line
Definitions
- A verse form having ten syllables in each line
Ancestry of “decasyllable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | deca- | Greek number... |
| 2 | French | déca- | deca- |
| 3 | Latin | decās | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δεκάς | the number ten; a group of ten, decade |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |