Where does “decener” come from?

decener (English) comes from Norman decener, 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.

decener (English): A soldier commanding ten men; A tithingman: the...

Definitions

  1. A soldier commanding ten men; A tithingman: the...

Ancestry of “decener”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normandecener—
2Latindecēnāriustenfold
3Latindēnāriuscontaining or consisting of ten things
4Latindēnī—
5Latindecemten; 10
6Latin-nus-an
7Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →