Where does “decigrade” come from?

decigrade (English) comes from English deci-, from Latin Decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

decigrade (English): An angular measure equal to one tenth of a grade

Definitions

  1. An angular measure equal to one tenth of a grade

Ancestry of “decigrade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdeci-API; A tenth part; In the International System of...
2LatinDecimusoriginally used for a tenth-born son
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →
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