Where does “decenary” come from?
decenary (English) comes from Latin decēnārius, from Latin dēnārius, from Latin dēnī, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
decenary (English): Of or related to the number ten, as a base of...
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- Of or related to the number ten, as a base of...
Ancestry of “decenary”, step by step
decenary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin decēnārius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | decēnārius | tenfold |
| 2 | Latin | dēnārius | containing or consisting of ten things |
| 3 | Latin | dēnī | — |
| 4 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 5 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via Latin decanarius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | decanarius | containing ten items; related to the number ten |
| 2 | Latin | decēna | — |
| 3 | Latin | decenī | — |