Where does “decistere” come from?

decistere (English) comes from French décistère, from French déci-, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

decistere (English): One tenth of a stere or cubic metre

Definitions

  1. One tenth of a stere or cubic metre

Ancestry of “decistere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdécistèredecistere
2Frenchdéci-deci-
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 →