Where does “decemvirate” come from?
decemvirate (English) comes from Latin decemvirātus, from Latin decemvir, from Latin vir, from Proto-Italic wiros, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
decemvirate (English): A group of ten people, "especially" a council of...
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Ancestry of “decemvirate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | decemvirātus | decemvirate (rank or office of a decemvir) |
| 2 | Latin | decemvir | decemvir |
| 3 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |