Where does “decuman” come from?

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

decuman (English): large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow,...

Definitions

  1. large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow,...

Ancestry of “decuman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecumanustenth; of the tenth; concerned with or relating...
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →