Where does “deciliter” come from?

deciliter (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.

deciliter (English): US spelling of decilitre

Definitions

  1. US spelling of decilitre

Ancestry of “deciliter”, 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 →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →